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Is effuse a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word effuse is a Scrabble US word. The word effuse is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is effuse a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word effuse is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

EFFUSE,

5-letter words (1 found)

FUSEE,

4-letter words (4 found)

EFFS,FEES,FEUS,FUSE,

3-letter words (8 found)

EFF,EFS,FEE,FES,FEU,SEE,SUE,USE,

2-letter words (6 found)

EE,EF,ES,FE,FU,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 21 words from effuse according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of effuse

effuse

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French effuser, from Latin effusus, past participle of effundere (“to pour out”).

Pronunciation

  • (adjective) IPA(key): /ɪˈfjuːs/
  • (verb) IPA(key): /ɪˈfjuːz/

Adjective

effuse (comparative more effuse, superlative most effuse)

  1. Poured out freely; profuse.
  2. Disposed to pour out freely; prodigal.
  3. (botany) Spreading loosely, especially on one side.
  4. (zoology) Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading, as in certain shells.

Verb

effuse (third-person singular simple present effuses, present participle effusing, simple past and past participle effused)

  1. (transitive) To emit; to give off.
  2. (figuratively) To gush; to be excitedly talkative and enthusiastic about something.
  3. (intransitive) To pour out like a stream or freely; to cause to exude; to shed.
  4. (intransitive) To leak out through a small hole.

Translations

Noun

effuse

  1. (obsolete) effusion; loss

Derived terms

  • effuser

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /efˈfu.ze/
  • Rhymes: -uze
  • Hyphenation: ef‧fù‧se

Etymology 1

Verb

effuse

  1. third-person singular past historic of effondere

Etymology 2

Participle

effuse f pl

  1. feminine plural of effuso

References

Latin

Participle

effūse

  1. vocative masculine singular of effūsus

References

  • “effuse”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “effuse”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • effuse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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