Definition of Suffusive

1. Adjective. Spreading through. "Suffusive purple light"

Similar to: Distributive
Derivative terms: Suffuse, Suffuse

Definition of Suffusive

1. Adjective. Of or relating to suffusion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Suffusive

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Suffusive

suffruticose
suffumigate
suffumigated
suffumigates
suffumigating
suffumigation
suffumigations
suffumige
suffumiges
suffuse
suffused
suffuses
suffusing
suffusion
suffusions
suffusive (current term)
sufganiyah
sufganiyot
sug-
sugammadex
sugan
sugans
sugar-baker
sugar-bush
sugar-cane
sugar-coat
sugar-coated
sugar-coating
sugar-coats

Literary usage of Suffusive

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876)
"... and perhaps giving a more suffusive sense of achievement than the production of a whole " Divina Commedia." Then thero was tho father's ..."

2. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1894)
"... rather, assisting nutrition by complacency, and perhaps giving a more suffusive sense of achievement than the production of a whole "Divina Commedia. ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1809)
"... impervious milt Of brilliant light, plays on the sparkling waves, And with suffusive lustre veils the scene. ..."

4. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1874)
"Every lineament speaks of ease, of suffusive strength, of thought-sustaining health. This Paris actress was not originally better endowed than most of our ..."

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