affusion

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The pouring of liquid, especially as a hydrotherapy.
2. (countable, uncountable) A method of Christian baptism in which water is poured on the head of the person being baptized.

Synonyms

suffusion

Translations

ραντισμός

affusion

affusione

overgieting

Efusão

afusão

dökme

επίχυση

dökülme

Etymology

From Latin affusio, from Latin affundō (“to pour or sprinkle onto”), from Latin fundō (“to pour”), from Proto-Italic *hundō (“to pour out”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- (“to pour”).