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effusive(dictionary)
effusive(dictionary)

effusive (iou)



effusive adjective. M17.
[formed as EFFUSE verb + -IVE.]
Pouring out, overflowing. Chiefly fig. (of speech, emotion, etc.): exuberant, demonstrative. M17.
J. McCarthy Peel..was not effusive; he did not pour out his emotions.
That proceeds from an outpouring. Only in 18.
Pope The floor Washed with th' effusive wave.
Geology. Of rock: poured out when molten and later solidified. Also, marked by outpouring of igneous rock. L19.
effusively adverb L19.
effusiveness noun L19.