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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-379/
- Published: 2021-02-09T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-02-02T20:07:39.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 02:14

The word for today is…

effusive (adjective) – 1 : marked by the expression of great or excessive emotion or enthusiasm effusive praise

– 2 archaic : pouring freely

– 3 : characterized or formed by a nonexplosive outpouring of lava effusive rocks

Source : [Merriam – Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/effusive?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : We’ve used “effusive” in English to describe excessive outpourings since the 17th century. In the 1800s, geologists adopted the specific sense related to flowing lava-or to hardened rock formed from flowing lava. “Effusive” can be traced to the Latin verb effundere (“to pour out”), which itself comes from “fundere” (“to pour”) plus a modification of the prefix ex- (“out”). Our verb “effuse” has the same Latin ancestors. A person effuses when he or she speaks effusively. Liquids can effuse as well (as in “water effusing from a pipe”).

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