Home › Words › E › effumabilityeffumability/ɪˌfjuːməˈbɪlɪti/effumability means evaporability.effumability is pronounced /ɪˌfjuːməˈbɪlɪti/.EtymologyFrom effume + -ability.nounevaporabilitye.g.“And some of them ascribe to Mercury, Colours; as all of them do effumability, as they speak” — 1661, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-physical Doubts & Paradoxes, […], London: […] J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, […], →OCLC:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.effumation 71% match — The escape of vapour from the surface of the sea, lakes etc or from the tops of mountains. vs effumability →evaporable 70% match — Capable of evaporation. vs effumability →effluviable 66% match — Capable of being given off as an effluvium. vs effumability →diffusibleness 66% match — diffusibility vs effumability →effability 64% match — The quality or state of being effable. vs effumability →vaporability 64% match — The quality or state of being vaporable. vs effumability →effluous 63% match — flowing vs effumability →effume 62% match — To breathe or puff out. vs effumability →