effusion

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To be fair, I don't think any of this effusion has been the Prime Minister's fault.

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  1. noun The act or an instance of effusing.
  2. noun Liquid or other matter poured forth.
  3. noun An unrestrained outpouring of feeling, as in speech or writing: "the devout effusions of sacred eloquence” (Edmund Burke).

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  • Dalembert: Left knee effusion, which is fancy terminology for swelling in the left knee. —  Philly.com - Latest Videos
  • To be fair, I don't think any of this effusion has been the Prime Minister's fault. —  newmatilda.com - Comments
  • As the serous or watery portion of this effusion is absorbed, the distinctness of the friction sound recurs, and may remain perceptible in a varied degree for a long time. —  Special Report on Diseases of the Horse
  • Well, Harry, with due deference to your literary powers, allow me to say that this effusion is all nonsense, in my opinion What is it about?' —  A Pair of Blue Eyes
  • It is not necessary to take very literally, but as a lyrical, or rather rhetorical, effusion, the words of our famous sonnet No me mueve, mi Dios, para quererte el cielo que me tienes prometido,_[20 and the rest that follows The real sin--perhaps it is the sin against the Holy Ghost for which there is no remission--is the sin of heresy, the sin of thinking for oneself. —  Tragic Sense Of Life
 

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  1. = French effusion = Spanish efusion = Portuguese effusão = Italian effusione, from Latin effusio(n-), from effundere, past participle effusus, pour out: see effuse.
 

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/ɛˈfjuzhən/
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