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effuse

Pronunciation: /ɪˈfjuːs/

The English word “effuse” has 9 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Poured out freely; profuse.
  2. Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.
  3. Spreading loosely, especially on one side.
  4. Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading, as in certain shells.

verb

  1. To emit; to give off.
  2. To gush; to be excitedly talkative and enthusiastic about something.
  3. To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.
  4. To leak out through a small hole.

noun

  1. effusion; loss

Etymology

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

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