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well founded in a rich literature.
see for instance Fanny Hill Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure published in England in 1748.
The word might come from a tentative to disperse efficiently personal meteorological phenomena.
Long time ago, one of my colleague student answered: The atmosphere is composed by nitrogen, oxygen, and other gases that are now escaping from me. Hilarious reaction from the class, fanning and nose pinching with extended fingers.
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