diffusive

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /dɪˈfjuːsɪv/

Adjective

diffusive

1. That is spread or dispersed across a wide area or among a large number of people. [from 17th c.]
2. Involving or employing many words; expansive, discursive; i in negative sense long-winded. [from 17th c.]
   • 1791, Edward Gibbon, Memoirs of My Life, Penguin 1990, p. 182:

     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.

3. That diffuses something; disseminating. [from 17th c.]
4. (science) Pertaining to diffusion. [from 19th c.]

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