diffusive

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

From post-classical Latin diffusivus (“tending to spread; expansive”) (13th century), from participle stem of Latin diffundere (“diffuse, disperse”).

“Then there is the tone elevated, diffusive, and interjectional. — The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition: Table Of Contents And Index Of The Five Volumes, Edgar Allan Poe
Reason is of a diffusive nature, what itself is in itself, it begets in others, and so doth multiply. — Meditations, Emperor of Rome Marcus Aurelius
No; true passion, full of itself, is rather diffusive than emphatical; it does not even think of persuasion, as it never supposes that its existence can be doubtful. — Eloisa : $b or, A series of original letters, Jean-Jacques Rousseau

diffusing, dispersive, disseminative

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