effusive

ef-fu′sive

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Adj.

1.

Pouring out; pouring forth freely.

[archaic]

“Washed with the effusive wave.”

Pope.

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Ef-fu′sive-ly

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adv.

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Ef-fu′sive-ness

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Noun.

Effusive

EFFU'SIVE

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Adj.

Pouring out; that pours forth largely.

Th' effusive south.

effusive

English

Adjective

effusive ‎(comparative more effusive, superlative most effusive)

gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression)
(archaic) pouring, spilling out freely; overflowing
- Alexander Pope
  washed with the effusive wave
(of igneous rock) extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava

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Translations

extravagant or excessive

Dutch: buitenissig (nl), excessief (nl)
Finnish: ylenpalttinen, ylenmääräinen
French: excessif (fr)
German: überschwänglich (de)
Greek: διαχυτικός (el) ‎(diachytikós)

Maori: pātere
Russian: экспанси́вный (ru) ‎(ekspansívnyj), бу́рный (ru) ‎(búrnyj), необу́зданный (ru) ‎(neobúzdannyj), несде́ржанный (ru) ‎(nesdéržannyj), неуме́ренный (ru) ‎(neumérennyj), я́рко вы́раженный (ru) ‎(járko výražennyj)
Spanish: efusivo
Swedish: översvallande
Turkish: coşkulu (tr), coşkun (tr), taşkın (tr)

pouring, spilling out freely; overflowing

Russian: переполня́ющий (ru) ‎(perepolnjájuščij), лью́щийся че́рез край ‎(lʹjúščijsja čérez kraj)

Spanish: rebosante

extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava

Finnish: ekstrusiivinen
Romanian: efuziv (ro)

Russian: эффузивный (ru) ‎(effuzivnyj), вулканический (ru) ‎(vulkaničeskij), излившийся из вулкана ‎(izlivšijsja iz vulkana)
Spanish: extrusivo

Italian

Adjective

effusive

feminine plural of effusivo

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