effuse
verb
- give out, radiate
- speak enthusiastically
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɪˈfjuːs/ / /ɪˈfjuːz/
adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French effuser, from Latin effusus, past participle of effundere (“to pour out”).
- Poured out freely; profuse.
“So should our joy be very effuse.”
- Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.
“No wanton waste amid effuse expence”
- Spreading loosely, especially on one side.
“an effuse inflorescence”
- Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading, as in certain shells.
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French effuser, from Latin effusus, past participle of effundere (“to pour out”).
- effusion; loss
“Much effuse of blood.”
verb
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French effuser, from Latin effusus, past participle of effundere (“to pour out”).
- To emit; to give off.
- To gush; to be excitedly talkative and enthusiastic about something.
- To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.
“With gushing blood effused.”
- To leak out through a small hole.