Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state of being effusive.
Wiktionary
- n. The state of being effusive.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a friendly open trait of a talkative person; enthusiasm exhibited with little restraint.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a friendly open trait of a talkative person
Examples
“She was the last woman to desire or tolerate public exhibitions of uxoriousness or to measure the depth of a husband's love by the froth on the surface, and she was reared in a school in which effusiveness is not approved.”
“What is remarkable in these early lyrics, however, is that though they vibrate with the emotion of the poet, the emotion is under strict restraint and never passes into the watery effusiveness which is the inherent sin of so much German lyrical poetry.”
“Eschenbach may also have encouraged the exaggerated physical effusiveness of Lang Lang.”
“The filmmakers and their producer, Judd Apatow, see the comedy genre as including all sorts of quirks and qualities that make us human—effusiveness, obtuseness, tenderness, fury, delicacy, idiocy, eloquence.”
“Capello will have been pleased by the display even if effusiveness is not his style.”
The Guardian: Bulgaria 0-3 England | Euro 2012 qualifier match report
“The character of ancient Rome -- stern, plain, sensible, rather than poetic -- shows in the Roman rite, just as Eastern effusiveness shows in the Eastern rites.”
“The effusiveness of that ending seemed positively Joycean.”
“Ever since Herodotus Egyptians have welcomed foreigners with an admixture of banter, hearty browbeating, effusiveness, and the sort of insincere familiarity associated with people trying to become intimate enough to pick a pocket.”
The Huffington Post: Richard Bangs: Quest for the Lord of the Nile, Part II
“Neither was given to deep introspection; neither had much tolerance for expressions of self-pity or even words of sympathy if offered with any degree of effusiveness.”
“In her indifference and his effusiveness we see our own conflicted response to the region.”
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