effuse
pronunciation
How to pronounce effuse in British English:
UK [e'fju:z]
How to pronounce effuse in American English:
US [e'fjuz]
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- Verb:
- pour out
- flow or spill forth
- give out or emit (also metaphorically)
Word Origin
- effuse (v.)
- "to pour out, spill," late 14c., from Middle French effuser or directly from Latin effusus "poured out," past participle of effundere "to pour forth" (see effusion). Related: Effused; effusing. Not to be confused with eff youse.
- effuse (adj.)
- 1520s, from Latin past participle adjective effusus "poured out," also "extensive, vast, broad, wide" (see effuse (v.)).
Example
- 1. Panicle effuse or laxly contracted , branches spreading .