SUFFUSIONS

Noun

suffusions

plural of suffusion

Source: Wiktionary


SUFFUSION

Suf*fu"sion, n. Etym: [L. suffusio: cf. F. suffusion.]

1. The act or process of suffusing, or state of being suffused; an overspreading. To those that have the jaundice, or like suffusion of eyes, objects appear of that color. Ray.

2. That with which a thing is suffused.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A blending of one color into another; the spreading of one color over another, as on the feathers of birds.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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