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Well ... you do, Insel! I just happen to like the word effluxion. And yes, both of them come from the same Latin root ... Oh, and jheem, I wasn't commenting on orient/orientate at all in relation to killing off Latin! I think that premeditated linguicide hath its own rewards.
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for those who might be interested in actually using effluxion, it usually denotes flowing out (of liquids), or passing away (of time).
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thank you, your Grand Effulgency!
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Why this suffix? Won't simple old 'efflux' do? orientationizeorientalate Faldage, which is the worst of the lot?
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in actually using effluxion, it usually denotes flowing out (of liquids), or passing away (of time).
Well, it was time (as stated directly in my post if you care to re-read it, your OED and bar-ship), then it has effluxed (efflucted?) most correctly. I would have thought.
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It certainly wins!
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I know it is rather late in the day to be asking this: But, what is the etymology of the VERB orient?
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Look back at my first posting in this thread. Back a coupla days 'go.
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