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Definition of Effusiveness
1. Noun. A friendly open trait of a talkative person.
Generic synonyms: Communicativeness
Derivative terms: Effusive, Expansive, Expansive
Definition of Effusiveness
1. Noun. The state of being effusive. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Effusiveness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Effusiveness
Literary usage of Effusiveness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine by Roy J. Friedman Mark Twain Collection (Library of Congress) (1913)
"The Continental is almost as much repelled as the Englishman by the effusiveness
of some Americans. Steeped in family solidarity, he does not in the least ..."
2. A Dictionary of the Welsh Language: Explained in English; with Numerous by William Owen Pughe (1832)
"... -effusiveness, a tendency to break out. ... effusiveness ; a state of springing
or breaking out. ..."
3. Some Reminiscences of William Michael Rossetti by William Michael Rossetti (1906)
"Tennyson gave me the sort of welcome I best appreciate—simple and kindly, without
any effusiveness. He expressed himself with the same sort of manly ..."
4. Oliver Cromwell: The Man and His Mission by James Allanson Picton (1889)
"But in Cromwell's case it is probable that this effusiveness was the forced outlet
of an excitement that stirred the old morbid elements of hypochondria. ..."
5. Yale Lectures on Preaching: And Other Writings by Nathaniel Judson Burton (1888)
"And for effusiveness in the pulpit, too. He must preach tenderly, yearningly and
all that. He must have a tone in his voice that can reach clear to the ..."
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