EFFUSIVE

effusive, gushing, gushy

(adjective) extravagantly demonstrative; ā€œinsincere and effusive demonstrations of sentimental friendshipā€; ā€œa large gushing femaleā€; ā€œwrite unrestrained and gushy poetryā€

burbling, burbly, effusive, gushing

(adjective) uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm; ā€œa novel told in burbly panting tonesā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

effusive (comparative more effusive, superlative most effusive)

Gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression).

(archaic) Pouring, spilling out freely; overflowing.

(geology, of igneous rock) Extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava.

Source: Wiktionary


Ef*fu"sive, a.

Definition: Pouring out; pouring forth freely. "Washed with the effusive wave." Pope. Effusive rocks (Geol.), volcanic rocks, in distinction from so-called intrusive, or plutonic, rocks.

– Ef*fu"sive*ly, adv.

– Ef*fu"sive*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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