effusive

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪˈfjusɪv/ UK /ɪˈfjuːsɪv/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
expressing feelings in an unrestrained or gushing way

She offered effusive thanks for the unexpected gift.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · expressing feelings in an... gushing demonstrative exuberant unrestrained fulsome lavish profuse

Opposites

reserved reticent restrained undemonstrative

Word family

Derived forms effusivelyeffusiveness

Related forms effuseeffusion

Etymology

From Latin effūsus ('poured out'), past participle of effundere ('to pour out'), from ex- ('out') + fundere ('to pour'), + the English suffix -ive.

effundere Latin fundere Latin *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# effusive

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪˈfjusɪv/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪˈfjuːsɪv/

## Meanings
1. expressing feelings in an unrestrained or gushing way

## Examples
- She offered effusive thanks for the unexpected gift.

## Synonyms
- gushing
- demonstrative
- exuberant
- unrestrained
- fulsome
- lavish
- profuse

## Antonyms
- reserved
- reticent
- restrained
- undemonstrative

## Derived Forms
- effusively
- effusiveness

## Related Forms
- effuse
- effusion

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: effundere
- Root: fundere
- Root: *ǵʰew-

## Etymology
From Latin effūsus ('poured out'), past participle of effundere ('to pour out'), from ex- ('out') + fundere ('to pour'), + the English suffix -ive.

## AI Etymology
Effusive is from Latin effūsus ('poured out'), past participle of effundere ('to pour out'), from ex- ('out') + fundere ('to pour'), + the English suffix -ive. The ancestry passes through Latin effundere, Latin fundere, and Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew-. The prefix ex- contributes outward motion or emergence in Latin formations, helping to explain the word's surface structure; the suffix -ive forms an adjective of tendency, relation, or capacity, so the English form is shaped by recognizable word formation as well as by its inherited or borrowed base. In present use as an adjective, it means "expressing feelings in an unrestrained or gushing way", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include effuse and effusion; derived forms include effusively and effusiveness.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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