effusive

English

WOTD – 17 October 2011

Etymology

From Latin effundere.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪˈfjuːsɪv/

Adjective

effusive (comparative more effusive, superlative most effusive)

gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression)
(archaic) pouring, spilling out freely; overflowing
- Alexander Pope
  washed with the effusive wave
(of igneous rock) extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava

Derived terms

Translations

extravagant or excessive

Dutch: buitenissig (nl), excessief (nl)
Finnish: ylenpalttinen (fi), ylenmääräinen
French: excessif (fr)
German: überschwänglich (de)
Greek: διαχυτικός (el) (diachytikós)
Maori: pātere

Portuguese: efusivo (pt)
Russian: экспанси́вный (ru) (ekspansívnyj), бу́рный (ru) (búrnyj), необу́зданный (ru) (neobúzdannyj), несде́ржанный (ru) (nesdéržannyj), неуме́ренный (ru) (neumérennyj), я́рко вы́раженный (ru) (járko výražennyj)
Spanish: efusivo
Swedish: översvallande (sv)
Turkish: coşkulu (tr), coşkun (tr), taşkın (tr)

pouring, spilling out freely; overflowing

Maori: pātere
Russian: переполня́ющий (ru) (perepolnjájuščij), лью́щийся че́рез край (lʹjúščijsja čérez kraj)

Spanish: rebosante

extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava

Finnish: ekstrusiivinen
German: vulkanisch (de), Extrusiv-, Erguss- (de), Ausbruchs- (de), Effusiv-
Romanian: efuziv (ro)

Russian: эффузивный (ru) (effuzivnyj), вулканический (ru) (vulkaničeskij), излившийся из вулкана (izlivšijsja iz vulkana)
Spanish: extrusivo

Italian

Adjective

effusive

feminine plural of effusivo

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