Definitions
Etymologies
- From French effleurer ("to stroke lightly") (Wiktionary)
Examples
“All scrubs are followed by an effleurage massage to maximize relaxation.”
“Starting at the lower back effleurage oil using both hands.”
“Finish with some effleurage movements as you began.”
“Uncover the lower leg, then effleurage the whole leg from foot to groin.”
“Bring the arm back down to the side then effleurage the whole area from hand to shoulder four or five times.”
““This is called an effleurage stroke,” he said as he repeated the motion.”
“For the first few days it is therefore necessary to fix the joint with a bandage, which must be removed daily, when the joint is given a light effleurage and some passive movements to avoid stiffness.”
“First, a gentle rubbing (effleurage, friction douce).”
“The treatment of the arms is concluded with upward stroking (_effleurage_), as with the leg.”
Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria
“i was slowly returning to full consciousness and amusing myself by gently flapping my toes in the water in an effleurage motion when i heard raised voices from the hallway. i took a deep breath and thought about trying to hide by sinking under the surface of the water, but figured it probably wouldnt do very well as camouflage.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘effleurage’.
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phrontistery - e
from phrontistery.info
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250 Spelling Words
A selected sampling of words for intermediate and advanced spellers.
orecchiette, rhabdomancy, guayabera, orthoepy, opisthenar, maguey, proem, ciabatta, cioppino, banns, concinnity, asthenia and 237 more...
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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Papageno's Words, Pt. II
cicurate, circumforaneous, codger, comiconomenclaturist, constable, contradistinction, contraindicated, counterpane, coxcomb, decalcomania, decanal, decoction and 307 more...
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Twitchy
The (not always so) smoovements; scattered, oscillating, jerky, and unpredictable.
palpitation, scravel, jactitate, pounce, wobble, vibrate, undulate, didder, effleurage, flail, ague, swerve and 169 more...
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Gigglesomes
Words that make me giggle.
sackbut, beshrew, hubbub, futz, tchotchke, oolong, newt, dingo, squishy, fjord, squirt, dangler and 107 more...
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I like the sound of that!
Words that I find euphonious, eurhythmic, or just generally fun to say.
euphonious, gossamer, spelunking, moist, bedridden, rutabaga, quagmire, succotash, hootenany, glacial, sesquicentennial, caucus and 77 more...
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massage
the message is in the massage ( to fracture Marshall McLuhan)
The medium is the message. This is merely to say that the personal and social consequences of any medium / that is, of any extens...knead, chirapsia, effleurage, shiatsu, tapotement, trituration, petrissage, tripsis, reflexology, physiotherapy, acupressure, naturopathy and 4 more...
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Glorious words Wordie taught me...
och aye pod, meologism, unobtainium, nosebuds, wunderkindling, fish-fag, effleurage, dotsam and netsam, gibbous, windlestraw, skyglow, gehunteschpundt and 14 more...
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bilby Like, uhh, your pet antechinus. Sep 2, 2008