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effloresce

[ ef-luh-res ]

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verb (used without object)

effloresced, efflorescing.

to burst into bloom; blossom.
Chemistry.
1. to change either throughout or on the surface to a mealy or powdery substance upon exposure to air, as a crystalline substance through loss of water of crystallization.
2. to become incrusted or covered with crystals of salt or the like through evaporation or chemical change.

effloresce

/ ˌɛ�ڱ�ɔːˈ��ɛ�� /

verb

to burst forth into or as if into flower; bloom
to become powdery by loss of water or crystallization
to become encrusted with powder or crystals as a result of chemical change or the evaporation of a solution

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Word History and Origins

Origin of effloresce¹

1765–75; < Latin ��ڴڱ�ō��ŧ�� to blossom out, equivalent to ef- ef- + �ڱ�ō��ŧ�� to begin to bloom ( �ڱ�ō�� ( i )-, stem of �ڱ�ō�� flower + -ŧ�� -esce )

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Word History and Origins

Origin of effloresce¹

C18: from Latin ��ڴڱ�ō��ŧ�� to blossom, from �ڱ�ō��ŧ��, from �ڱ�ō�� flower

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The written-out trills of the 28th Variation effloresced with a mild gleam, and the fughetta of the 10th hit the ear with a tonal wall of sound.

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Standing in front of the mural’s various sections causes them to effloresce with color which in turn unlocks a door at the end of the chamber.

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Two decades later the image would effloresce in the story/novella “Cousins”:

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As the humidity decreases again, the salts effloresce, releasing the water vapor back into the atmosphere.

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A variety of shale or clay slate, containing iron pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum, which often effloresces on the rock.

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effleurage efflorescence

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