effusive
English
/ɪˈfjuːsɪv/
adj
Definitions
- Gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression).
- (archaic) Pouring, spilling out freely; overflowing.
- (geology) Extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin effundēre, fundō (pour, establish, found, I pour out, I establish, I melt, I pour, smelt) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs- (out, out of, from).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₁eǵʰs-
Gloss
out, out of, from
Concept
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Cognates and derived terms
- effusively English
- effusiveness English
- effusivity English
- overeffusive English
- overeffusively English
- overeffusiveness English
- uneffusive English
- adfundo Latin
- circumfundo Latin
- confundo Latin
- defundo Latin
- diffundo Latin
- effundo Latin
- effundēre Latin
- fundamen Latin
- fundamentum Latin
- fundatio Latin
- fundator Latin
- fundō Latin
- fusio Latin
- infundo Latin
- profundo Latin
- refundo Latin
- transfundo Latin
- fundieren German
- *h₁eǵʰs- Proto-Indo-European
- fundir Portuguese
- fundir Galician
- funderen Middle Dutch
- *hundō Proto-Italic