Etymology Borrowed from Middle French effuser, from Latin effusus, past participle of effundere (“to pour out”).
1
Poured out freely; profuse.
So should our joy be very effuse.a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number)”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
2
Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.
No wanton waste amid effuse expence1742–1745, [Edward Young], The Complaint: Or, Night-Thoughts on Life, Death, & Immortality, London: […] [Samuel Richardson] for A[ndrew] Millar […], and R[obert] Dodsley […], published 1750, →OCLC:
3
Biology, Botany, Natural sciences Spreading loosely, especially on one side.
an effuse inflorescence
4
Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading, as in certain shells.
effuse
verb
/ɪˈfjuːz/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French effuser, from Latin effusus, past participle of effundere (“to pour out”).
1
To emit; to give off.
2
Figuratively To gush; to be excitedly talkative and enthusiastic about something.
3
To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.
With gushing blood effused.1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
4
To leak out through a small hole.
effuse
noun
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French effuser, from Latin effusus, past participle of effundere (“to pour out”).
Much effuse of blood.c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vi]: