Meanings
plural effusions
- countableuncountablechemistryProcess of gases passing through a hole or holes considerably smaller than the mean free path of the gas molecules.
- broadlycountablefigurativelyuncountableAn outpouring of speech or emotion.
1930; George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby; Animal Crackers, Paramount Pictures Captain Spaulding: My friends, I am highly gratified by this magnificent display of effusion […]
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The housekeeper, a very decorative brunette of thirty-five with a pseudo-English accent, greeted him with a mixture of grateful effusion and condescending patronage.
1946, William Hatfield, Buffalo Jim, Oxford: Geoffrey Cumberlege, page 70 - countableuncountablemedicineThe seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself.
pleural effusion
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA liquid outpouring.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan unrestrained expression of emotion
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latineffūsiō“outpouring”
- Middle Frencheffusion
- Englisheffusion
Borrowed from Middle French effusion, from Latin effūsiō (“outpouring”). Displaced native Old English āgotennes.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic اِنْدِفَاق, اِنْصِبَاب
- اِنْدِفَاق (indifāq)outpouring of liquid
- اِنْصِبَاب (inṣibāb)outpouring of liquid
- تَدَفُّق (tadaffuq)chemistry, physics: process
Bulgarian изливане, изтичане
- изливане (izlivane)outpouring of liquid
- изтичане (iztičane)outpouring of liquid
Catalan efusió, efusió
- efusióoutpouring of liquid
- efusióoutpouring of speech or emotion
Chinese Mandarin 外溢, 流出
- 外溢 (wàiyì)outpouring of liquid
- 流出 (liúchū)outpouring of liquid
- 滲出液 /渗出液 (shènchūyè)outpouring of liquid
- 逸散chemistry, physics: process
- 滔滔不絕的言辭 /滔滔不绝的言辞 (tāotāobùjué de yáncí)outpouring of speech or emotion
- 滲出 /渗出 (shènchū)seeping of fluid into a body cavity
- 滲液 /渗液 (shènyè)seeping of fluid into a body cavity
- 積液 /积液 (jīyè)seeping of fluid into a body cavity
Czech výlev, výtok
- výlevoutpouring of liquid
- výtokoutpouring of liquid
- efuzechemistry, physics: process
- (citový) výlevoutpouring of speech or emotion
- výronseeping of fluid into a body cavity
- výtokseeping of fluid into a body cavity
Dutch uitstorting
- uitstortingoutpouring of liquid
Finnish valuminen, effuusio
- valuminenoutpouring of liquid
- effuusiooutpouring of liquid
- effuusiochemistry, physics: process
- vuodatusoutpouring of speech or emotion
- effuusioseeping of fluid into a body cavity
French effusion, effusion
- effusionoutpouring of liquid
- effusionchemistry, physics: process
- effusionoutpouring of speech or emotion
- effusionseeping of fluid into a body cavity
German Ausfluss, Erguss
- Ausflussoutpouring of liquid
- Ergussoutpouring of liquid
- Effusionchemistry, physics: process
- Ergussoutpouring of speech or emotion
- Ausbruchoutpouring of speech or emotion
- Ergussseeping of fluid into a body cavity
Indonesian efusi, efusi
- efusichemistry, physics: process
- efusiseeping of fluid into a body cavity
Italian effusione, spargimento
- effusioneoutpouring of liquid
- spargimentooutpouring of liquid
- travasooutpouring of liquid
- effusioneoutpouring of speech or emotion
- effusionioutpouring of speech or emotion
- effusioneseeping of fluid into a body cavity
Latin effūsiō
- effūsiōoutpouring of liquid
Portuguese efusão, efusão
- efusãooutpouring of liquid
- efusãooutpouring of speech or emotion
- efusãoseeping of fluid into a body cavity
Slovak výlev, výtok
- výlevoutpouring of liquid
- výtokoutpouring of liquid
- výlevoutpouring of speech or emotion
Spanish efusión, efusión
- efusiónoutpouring of liquid
- efusiónoutpouring of speech or emotion
- derrameseeping of fluid into a body cavity
Tagalog panlalagos
- panlalagosoutpouring of liquid
Turkish efüzyon
- efüzyonoutpouring of liquid
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with effusion
Cite this entry
effusion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effusion
“effusion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effusion. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “effusion,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effusion.
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