effuse

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ɪˈfjuːs/
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/ɪˈfjuːs/ · /ɪˈfjuːz/

Definition of effuse

9 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Poured out freely; profuse.
    “So should our joy be very effuse.”
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adj

  1. Poured out freely; profuse.
    “So should our joy be very effuse.”
  2. Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.
    “No wanton waste amid effuse expence”
  3. Spreading loosely, especially on one side.
    “an effuse inflorescence”
  4. Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading, as in certain shells.

verb

  1. (transitive)To emit; to give off.
  2. (figuratively)To gush; to be excitedly talkative and enthusiastic about something.
  3. (intransitive)To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.
    “With gushing blood effused.”
  4. (intransitive)To leak out through a small hole.

noun

  1. (obsolete)effusion; loss
    “Much effuse of blood.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French effuser, from Latin effusus, past participle of effundere (“to pour out”).

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