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SUFFUSIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does suffusive mean?
• SUFFUSIVE (adjective)
The adjective SUFFUSIVE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: SUFFUSIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spreading through
Context example:
suffusive purple light
Similar:
distributive (serving to distribute or allot or disperse)
Derivation:
suffuse (cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across)
suffuse (to become overspread as with a fluid, a colour, a gleam of light)
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