diffusive

comparative more diffusive · superlative most diffusive

1. That is spread or dispersed across a wide area or among a large number of people.First known use 17th c.
2. Involving or employing many words; expansive, discursive; (in negative sense) long-winded.First known use 17th c.

   I can never forget the delight with which that diffusive and ingenious orator was heard by all sides of the House, and even by those whose existence he proscribed.

   1791, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs of My Life, Penguin, published 1990, page 182

3. That diffuses something; disseminating.First known use 17th c.
4. sciencesPertaining to diffusion.First known use 19th c.