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diffuseness|dɪˈfjuːsnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being diffuse; esp. in speech or literary style, the opposite of conciseness.
1797Monthly Mag. III. 46 He..spreads out his conceptions with tedious diffuseness. 1845S. Austin Ranke's Hist. Ref. III. 283 People dreaded their violence and their diffuseness. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) V. 23 The apology for delay and diffuseness which occurs not unfrequently in the Republic. 1892Speaker 22 Oct. 505/2 Notes..written with intolerable diffuseness, dullness, and obscurity. |