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etymonline.com on "aura":
- 1870: In spiritualism, "subtle emanation around living beings".
- 1859: "Characteristic impression" made by a personality.
- 1732: "An aroma or subtle emanation".
The hyphenated term brain-rot was used by Henry Thoreau in Walden [1854]; search for it in this Project Gutenberg copy:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/205/205-h/205-h.htm
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etymonline.com on "aura":
- 1870: In spiritualism, "subtle emanation around living beings".
- 1859: "Characteristic impression" made by a personality.
- 1732: "An aroma or subtle emanation".
The hyphenated term brain-rot was used by Henry Thoreau in Walden [1854]; search for it in this Project Gutenberg copy:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/205/205-h/205-h.htm