Definition of Effusive

1. Adjective. Uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm. "A novel told in burbly panting tones"

Exact synonyms: Burbling, Burbly, Gushing
Similar to: Lively
Derivative terms: Effusiveness

2. Adjective. Extravagantly demonstrative. "Write unrestrained and gushy poetry"
Exact synonyms: Gushing, Gushy
Similar to: Demonstrative
Derivative terms: Gush

Definition of Effusive

1. a. Pouring out; pouring forth freely.

Definition of Effusive

1. Adjective. gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression) ¹

2. Adjective. (archaic) pouring, spilling out freely; overflowing ¹

3. Adjective. (context: of igneous rock) extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Effusive

1. pouring forth [adj]

Medical Definition of Effusive

1. Pouring out; pouring forth freely. "Washed with the effusive wave. " Effusive rocks, volcanic rocks, in distinction from so-called intrusive, or plutonic, rocks. Effu"sively, Effu"siveness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Effusive

effumed
effumes
effuming
effund
effunded
effunding
effunds
effuse
effused
effuses
effusing
effusiometer
effusiometers
effusion
effusions
effusive (current term)
effusively
effusiveness
effusivenesses
eflornithine
eflornithine hydrochloride
eformoterol
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efremovite
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efts
eftsones

Literary usage of Effusive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. New Science of Elocution: The Elements and Principles of Vocal Expression in by S. S. Hamill (1886)
"EXERCISES Contrasting Pure Tone effusive and Orotund effusive. ... The Orotund in the effusive Form is the quality of voice appropriate for the expression ..."

2. Orthophony; Or, The Cultivation of the Voice in Elocution: A Manual of by James Edward Murdoch, James Rush (1876)
"effusive pure tone " is obtained chiefly by skilful withholding of the breath, and using the ... effusive orotund " demands a wider opening of the organs, ..."

3. Essentials of Public Speaking by Robert Irving Fulton, Thomas Clarkson Trueblood (1910)
"effusive Form. Emotive"! Mental \ Man Vital The effusive is that Form of voice in ... The effusive may be given in notes of song on a level line of pitch, ..."

4. Structural and Field Geology for Students of Pure and Applied Science by James Geikie (1905)
"effusive Eruptive Rocks—Crystalline effusive Rocks and Pyroclastic or Fragmental effusive Rocks. 4. DYKES AND ERUPTIVE VEINS ERUPTED matter which has ..."

5. Choice Readings for Public and Private Entertainments: And for the Use of edited by Robert McLean Cumnock (1898)
"There are three kinds of Orotund voice, effusive, Expulsive and Explosive, ... effusive OROTUND. This kind of Orotund is used in the rendition of all grand, ..."

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