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coiffure (n.): "style or fashion of wearing the hair," 1630s, from French coiffure, from coiffer (see coiffeur).
diffuse (v.): 1520s (transitive), 1650s (intransitive), from Latin diffusus, past participle of diffundere "to pour out or away" (see diffusion). Related: Diffused; diffusing.
diffuse (adj.): early 15c., from Latin diffusus (see diffuse (v.)).
diffusion (n.): late 14c., from Latin diffusionem (nominative diffusio) "a pouring forth," noun of action from past participle stem of diffundere "scatter, pour out," from dis- "apart, in every direction" (see dis-) + fundere "pour" (see found (v.2)).
effulgence (n.): 1660s (Milton), from Late Latin effulgentia (from Latin effulgentum; see effulgent).
effulgent (adj.): 1738, back-formation from effulgence, or else from Latin effulgentem (nominative effulgens), present participle of effulgere "to shine out, gleam forth," from ex "out" (see ex-) + fulgere "to shine" (see bleach (v.)). Related: Effulgently.
effuse (v.): "to pour out, spill," late 14c., from Middle French effuser or directly from Latin effusus "poured out," past participle of effundere "to pour forth" (see effusion). Related: Effused; effusing. Not to be confused with eff youse.
effuse (adj.): 1520s, from Latin past participle adjective effusus "poured out," also "extensive, vast, broad, wide" (see effuse (v.)).
effusion (n.): c. 1400, "a pouring out," from Middle French effusion (14c.) and directly from Latin effusionem (nominative effusio) "a pouring forth," noun of action from past participle stem of effundere "pour forth, spread abroad; to lavish, squander, waste," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + fundere "pour" (see found (v.2)). Figuratively, of speech, emotion, etc., from 1650s.
effusive (adj.): "flowing profusely" (especially of words), 1660s, from Latin effus-, stem of effundere "to pour forth, spread abroad" (see effusion) + -ive. Hence, "with extravagant display of feelings" (1863). Related: Effusively.
suffuse (v.): 1580s, from Latin suffusus, past participle of suffundere "overspread, pour beneath, pour upon" (see suffusion). Related: Suffused; suffusing.
suffusion (n.): late 14c., from Latin suffusionem (nominative suffusio) "a pouring over," noun of action from past participle stem of suffundere "pour upon, overspread, suffuse," from sub "under" (see sub-) + fundere "to pour" (see found (v.2)).
suffusive (adj.): 1775; see suffuse + -ive. Related: Suffusively.
affusion: "The action or an act of pouring a liquid on to something or someone. Now rare", Early 17th cent.; earliest use found in Helkiah Crooke (1576–1648), physician and anatomist. From (i) French affusion parenchyma;.
affuse: "(Chiefly in pass.). Christian Church . To baptize (a person) by affusion", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in Walter Charleton (1620–1707), physician and natural philosopher. From classical Latin affūs-, past participial stem of affundere to pour on from af-, variant of ad- + fundere.