Thesaurus: effusive

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1. a. Pouring out; pouring forth freely.
2. adj. uttered with unrestrained enthusiasm
3. adj. extravagantly demonstrative
4. Pouring out; pouring forth freely. "Washed with the effusive wave." Pope. Effusive rocks (Geol.), volcanic rocks, in distinction from so-called intrusive, or plutonic, rocks. -- Ef*fu"sive*ly, adv. -- Ef*fu"sive*ness, n.
5. Pouring out; pouring forth freely. "Washed with the effusivewave." Pope. Effusive rocks (Geol.), volcanic rocks, in distinctionfrom so-called intrusive, or plutonic, rocks.-- Ef*fu"sive*ly, adv.-- Ef*fu"sive*ness, n.
6. j:100 s. extravagantly demonstrative