Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In physiology, the breath; also, the vapor exhaled in the cavities of a living and warm body, so long as the blood is warm.
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- noun exhaled breath
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Examples
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Some discommend moated houses, as unwholesome; so Camden saith of [3155] Ew-elme, that it was therefore unfrequented, ob stagni vicini halitus, and all such places as be near lakes or rivers.
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It dawned upon me to what end the puma and the other animals — which had now been brought with other luggage into the enclosure behind the house — were destined; and a curious faint odour, the halitus of something familiar, an odour that had been in the background of my consciousness hitherto, suddenly came forward into the forefront of my thoughts.
The Island of Doctor Moreau Herbert George 2006
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The place, by the by, was very stuffy and oppressive, and the faint halitus of freshly shed blood was in the air.
The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells Herbert George 2006
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The place, by the by, was very stuffy and oppressive, and the faint halitus of freshly shed blood was in the air.
Science Fiction Hall of Fame Various, 1973
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It dawned upon me to what end the puma and the other animals -- which had now been brought with other luggage into the enclosure behind the house -- were destined; and a curious faint odour, the halitus of something familiar, an odour that had been in the background of my consciousness hitherto, suddenly came forward into the forefront of my thoughts.
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The place, by the by, was very stuffy and oppressive, and the faint halitus of freshly shed blood was in the air.
The Time Machine 1906
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The place, by the by, was very stuffy and oppressive, and the faint halitus of freshly shed blood was in the air.
Chapter 6 Herbert George 1898
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It dawned upon me to what end the puma and the other animals -- which had now been brought with other luggage into the enclosure behind the house -- were destined; and a curious faint odour, the halitus of something familiar, an odour that had been in the background of my consciousness hitherto, suddenly came forward into the forefront of my thoughts.
The Island of Doctor Moreau Herbert George 1896
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It dawned upon me to what end the puma and the other animalswhich had now been brought with other luggage into the enclosure behind the housewere destined; and a curious faint odour, the halitus of something familiar, an odour that had been in the background of my consciousness hitherto, suddenly came forward into the forefront of my thoughts.
The Locked Door Herbert George 1896
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The place, by the by, was very stuffy and oppressive, and the faint halitus of freshly shed blood was in the air.
The Time Machine Herbert George 1895
oroboros commented on the word halitus
The Time Traveller, during his first exploration of the subterranean Morlock's realm could smell ..."the halitus of fresh blood". H.G.Wells' "The Time Machine".
January 29, 2007