diffusedadj.

Brit.

/dᵻˈfjuːzd/, U.S.

/dᵻˈfjuzd/

Forms: late Middle English diffusede, late Middle English–1600s defused, late Middle English– diffused.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: diffuse adj.; diffuse v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: Partly (in senses 1 and 2) an alteration of diffuse adj. after adjectives ending in -ed suffix¹ (compare later diffuse v. 6), and partly (in later senses) < diffuse v. + -ed suffix¹.

†I. Senses relating to confusion or complexity.

1. Difficult to understand, obscure; confused; disordered. Cf. diffuse adj. 1, diffuse v. 6. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adjective]

higheOE

dighela1000

deepc1000

darkOE

starkOE

dusk?c1225

subtle1340

dimc1350

subtilea1393

covert1393

mystica1398

murka1400

cloudyc1400

hard?c1400

mistyc1400

unclearc1400

diffuse1430

abstractc1450

diffused?1456

exquisitec1460

obnubilous?a1475

obscure?a1475

covered1484

intricate?a1500

nice?a1500

perplexeda1500

difficilea1513

difficult1530

privy1532

smoky1533

secret1535

abstruse?1549

difficul1552

entangled1561

confounded1572

darksome1574

obnubilate1575

enigmatical1576

confuse1577

mysteriousa1586

Delphic1598

obfuscatea1600

enfumed1601

Delphicala1603

obstruse1604

abstracted1605

confused1611

questionable1611

inevident1614

recondite1619

cryptic1620

obfuscated1620

transcendent1624

Delphian1625

oraculous1625

enigmatic1628

recluse1629

abdite1635

undilucidated1635

clouded1641

benighted1647

oblite1650

researched1653

obnubilated1658

obscurative1664

tenebrose1677

hyperbyssal1691

condite1695

diffusive1709

profound1710

tenebricose1730

oracular1749

opaque1761

unenlightening1768

darkling1795

offuscating1798

unrecognizable1817

tough1820

abstrusive1848

obscurant1878

out-of-focus1891

unplumbable1895

inenubilable1903

non-transparent1939

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [adjective] > obscure, vague

cloudyc1400

indeterminatec1400

diffuse1430

diffused?1456

obscure?a1475

infinite1520

ambiguous1529

indistincta1530

nubilous1533

dark1557

undetermined1588

undefinite1589

undeterminate1603

indetermined1611

undefined1611

suspense1624

umbrageous1635

clouded1641

undeterminated1641

fuliginous1646

implicit1660

vague1690

diffusive1709

nubilose1730

foggy1737

unliquidated1780

hazy1781

indecisive1815

nebulous1817

penumbral1819

aoristic1846

scumbled1868

nubiform1873

out-of-focus1891

fuzzy1937

soft focus1938

?1456 H. at Fenne in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 137 Þe mater was defused and dubble jntendementz after dyuerse mennys appynyons.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xxxiii. C So diffused a language, that it maye not be vnderstonde.

1568 W. Fulwood Enimie Idlenesse i. sig. Biiii^v The fayrest language that may bee, is the common and familiar speache, and not that of rare and diffused phrases, or inckhorne termes.

1591 R. Greene Farewell to Folly sig. C3^v I haue seene an English Gentleman so defused in his sutes, his doublet being for the weare of Castile, his hose for Venice, his hat for France.

1608 R. Armin Nest of Ninnies sig. A3^v The whole lumpe of this defused Chaios.

1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 134 You may not marvaile why his answer is so diffused, deformed and mis-figured.

II. Senses relating to dispersion.

2. Of speech, writing, or literary style: expressed in or containing many words; expansive, discursive; (in negative sense) long-winded, verbose. Cf. diffuse adj. 3. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > verbose

wordyOE

of many wordsc1350

windya1382

diffused?a1475

word-dearthing1593

verbosious1601

worded1602

wordish1604

diffuse1612

wording1615

diffusive1624

verbose1665

baggy1866

talky1937

waffling1945

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 39 Marianus..makenge a harde and a diffusede cronicle [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. a grete cronicle and huge; L. magnam et diffusam chronicam].

1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xix. 242 To reduce a diffused, but a dangerous & intricate question.

1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes To Rdr. sig. f1 The fashion of writing by way of Apology (which requires a diffused and pathetick stile) was..judged the best.

1660 J. Gauden Μεγαλεια Θεου 18 Some points may by long Orations be..extended to such great latitudes of diffused expressions, as make them very combersom.

1774 P. Francis in tr. I. de Pinto Ess. Circulation & Credit Pref. p. xvii Some remarks, which would have made the text too diffused..are mentioned in notes.

1824 Lit. Chron. & Weekly Rev. 31 Jan. 72/1 His style is flowing, but affected and diffused.

1896 Oracle Encycl. IV. 528/1 Having a turn for diffused speeches, he bored his way into notice.

1998 P. B. Trescott in J. C. W. Ahiakpor Keynes & Classics Reconsidered viii. 161 The writing style is very diffused.

a. Spread throughout or over a large area, widespread; disseminated. Cf. diffuse adj. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > illumination > [noun] > indirect or diffused

diffused?1570

indirect lighting1925

the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [adjective] > spread or diffused

diffusec1475

diffused?1570

spread1585

distended1595

squandered1647

disseminated1662

smeared out1931

the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > extensive or on a large scale

largea1400

ample1437

farc1475

diffused?1570

spacious1589

extensive1605

wholesale1642

diffuse1644

extense1644

voluminousa1652

amplivagant1656

extentive1658

numerousa1661

extended1700

amplivagous1731

far-reaching1824

Homeric1841

large-scale1856

wholescale1910

wide-scale1925

big-scale1930

macroscopic1931

broadscale1958

?1570 E. Elviden Hist. Pesistratus & Catanea sig. K.viii They had dyde the stained ground with their diffused bloud.

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xvi. ii. 572 Christ..in whose houses, that is, in whose churches, the diffused nations shall inhabite. For Iaphet is, diffused.

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. ii. Concl. 449 Able to exempt themselues from thy diffused powers.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 59 He had a most diffused love to all mankind.

1756 D. Monro Ess. Dropsy (ed. 2) ii. i. 78 The principal..seat of the diffused dropsy, is that cellular membranous substance which is to be found every where under the skin.

1833 J. Grant Course of Serm. for Year I. xxxiv. 480 Who can comprehend his distinct personality, combined with his diffused omnipresence?

1910 Pop. Astron. 18 163 A very diffused mass of cometary matter.

1953 A. C. Marts Philanthropy's Role in Civilization xviii. 190 The American ideal of diffused responsibility and private philanthropy.

2005 Isis 96 425/1 The two most widely diffused compilations were the Toledan Tables..and the Alfonsine Tables.

b. Of light: spread evenly, resulting in a reduction in intensity; indirect. Also (of a system of lighting): designed to produce such light. Cf. diffuse adj. 2e.

ΚΠ

1622 J. Everard Three Sunnes Seene 10 This diffused light seemed to concenter, as it were, and gather to three heads, which in short space appeared to the view of the beholders to be three Sunnes.

1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe iv. 601 Neither of these could be without the other, as the Original Light or Sun could not be without the Splendour, nor the Splendour without the Original Light, and neither one nor t'other of them without a Diffused Derivative Light.

1715 E. Halley in Philos. Trans. 1714–16 (Royal Soc.) 29 250 A diffused Light which made the Air seem hazey.

1743 tr. Lucretius Of Nature of Things I. i. 5 The smooth Sky shines with diffused Light.

1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 748 Within two hours in direct sunlight, within six hours in diffused daylight.

1926 Brit. Standard Gloss. Terms Electr. Engin. (Brit. Engin. Standards Assoc.) 146 Diffused lighting, a system of lighting in which the luminous flux, after passing through a diffusing medium, reaches the area to be illuminated, in part directly and in part indirectly.

1939 Pop. Photogr. Nov. 76/3 A cloudy day and a spot out in the open gives a very good diffused lighting for this type of picture.

1993 TLC for Plants Winter 29/2 Plant calatheas in a peat-based medium and provide diffused sunlight or partial shade.

2000 Watermark Catal. (RNLI) Christmas 14/2 The glass shade has an authentic ‘milky’ finish to cast a diffused light.

4. Esp. of knowledge or learning: wide-ranging, comprehensive; diverse; = diffuse adj. 2c.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > condition or state of being inclusive > [adjective] > inclusive or comprehensive

largea1400

wide1534

capable1592

inclusive1604

comprehensive1614

all-comprehensive1650

complexive1654

diffused1658

comprehensional1673

perileptic1678

all-encompassing1805

unexcluding1822

widish1845

all-embracing1847

unexclusive1852

all-inclusive1858

broad1872

embracive1897

periscopic1912

wide-angle1932

umbrella1949

1658 P. Heylyn Stumbling-block of Disobedience v. 160 The study of Divinitie is diffused and large, and..the knowledge of Philosophie and the Arts and Histories, is but attendant on the same and subservient to it.

1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Introd. 15 Galen, with all his vast and diffused Learning.

1702 R. Neve Apopiroscopy Prolegomenon sig. A5 The diffused Knowledge and Sagacity of Philosophers.

1856 W. Bagehot in National Rev. Oct. 378 The diffused life of genial enjoyment which was common to Scott and to Shakespeare, was quite out of his way.

1898 J. E. C. Bodley France I. i. iii. 208 The civilisation of France..is an heritage of the ages, and its possession accounts for the good use to which Frenchmen of modest origin can put the advantages of a diffused education.

1912 Fortn. Rev. 1 Jan. 169 A working man who is intellectually, in the quality of his mind more, perhaps, than in the quantity of his diffused knowledge, distinctly inferior to the men who so eagerly followed Kingsley, Huxley, and Spencer.

2006 Y. B. Shalom Educating Israel i. 18 Participants who come from a universalistic and diffused background will find it much easier to adopt the customs of others.

5. Of a person, the body, or limbs: extended, spread out, esp. in a relaxed manner. Chiefly in predicative use. Cf. diffuse v. 5. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > [adjective]

stretched1518

diffused1671

effused1868

1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 118 See how he lies at random, carelesly diffus'd.

1706 I. Watts Horæ Lyricæ ii. 237 Beneath your Sacred Shade diffus'd we lay.

1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 361/2 In the usher's chair were ensconced two urchins.., with their legs diffused in a picturesque attitude along the writing-desk.

1866 H. A. J. Munro tr. Lucretius De Rerum Natura (ed. 2) II. iii. 59 When the limbs are consigned to soft sleep and the burdened body lies diffused without sense.

1884 ‘M. Field’ Callirrhoë i. i. 7 She wakes and gathers up diffused dark limbs, Springing from slumber.

1994 M. H. Williams in R. Negri Newborn in Intensive Care Unit p. xviii I lay randomly diffused in all directions, unable to prop my languished head.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	diffused
释义	diffusedadj. Brit. /dᵻˈfjuːzd/, U.S. /dᵻˈfjuzd/ Forms: late Middle English diffusede, late Middle English–1600s defused, late Middle English– diffused. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: diffuse adj.; diffuse v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: Partly (in senses 1 and 2) an alteration of diffuse adj. after adjectives ending in -ed suffix¹ (compare later diffuse v. 6), and partly (in later senses) < diffuse v. + -ed suffix¹. †I. Senses relating to confusion or complexity. 1. Difficult to understand, obscure; confused; disordered. Cf. diffuse adj. 1, diffuse v. 6. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adjective] higheOE dighela1000 deepc1000 darkOE starkOE dusk?c1225 subtle1340 dimc1350 subtilea1393 covert1393 mystica1398 murka1400 cloudyc1400 hard?c1400 mistyc1400 unclearc1400 diffuse1430 abstractc1450 diffused?1456 exquisitec1460 obnubilous?a1475 obscure?a1475 covered1484 intricate?a1500 nice?a1500 perplexeda1500 difficilea1513 difficult1530 privy1532 smoky1533 secret1535 abstruse?1549 difficul1552 entangled1561 confounded1572 darksome1574 obnubilate1575 enigmatical1576 confuse1577 mysteriousa1586 Delphic1598 obfuscatea1600 enfumed1601 Delphicala1603 obstruse1604 abstracted1605 confused1611 questionable1611 inevident1614 recondite1619 cryptic1620 obfuscated1620 transcendent1624 Delphian1625 oraculous1625 enigmatic1628 recluse1629 abdite1635 undilucidated1635 clouded1641 benighted1647 oblite1650 researched1653 obnubilated1658 obscurative1664 tenebrose1677 hyperbyssal1691 condite1695 diffusive1709 profound1710 tenebricose1730 oracular1749 opaque1761 unenlightening1768 darkling1795 offuscating1798 unrecognizable1817 tough1820 abstrusive1848 obscurant1878 out-of-focus1891 unplumbable1895 inenubilable1903 non-transparent1939 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > [adjective] > obscure, vague cloudyc1400 indeterminatec1400 diffuse1430 diffused?1456 obscure?a1475 infinite1520 ambiguous1529 indistincta1530 nubilous1533 dark1557 undetermined1588 undefinite1589 undeterminate1603 indetermined1611 undefined1611 suspense1624 umbrageous1635 clouded1641 undeterminated1641 fuliginous1646 implicit1660 vague1690 diffusive1709 nubilose1730 foggy1737 unliquidated1780 hazy1781 indecisive1815 nebulous1817 penumbral1819 aoristic1846 scumbled1868 nubiform1873 out-of-focus1891 fuzzy1937 soft focus1938 ?1456 H. at Fenne in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 137 Þe mater was defused and dubble jntendementz after dyuerse mennys appynyons. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xxxiii. C So diffused a language, that it maye not be vnderstonde. 1568 W. Fulwood Enimie Idlenesse i. sig. Biiii^v The fayrest language that may bee, is the common and familiar speache, and not that of rare and diffused phrases, or inckhorne termes. 1591 R. Greene Farewell to Folly sig. C3^v I haue seene an English Gentleman so defused in his sutes, his doublet being for the weare of Castile, his hose for Venice, his hat for France. 1608 R. Armin Nest of Ninnies sig. A3^v The whole lumpe of this defused Chaios. 1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 134 You may not marvaile why his answer is so diffused, deformed and mis-figured. II. Senses relating to dispersion. 2. Of speech, writing, or literary style: expressed in or containing many words; expansive, discursive; (in negative sense) long-winded, verbose. Cf. diffuse adj. 3. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] > verbose wordyOE of many wordsc1350 windya1382 diffused?a1475 word-dearthing1593 verbosious1601 worded1602 wordish1604 diffuse1612 wording1615 diffusive1624 verbose1665 baggy1866 talky1937 waffling1945 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 39 Marianus..makenge a harde and a diffusede cronicle [a1387 J. Trevisa tr. a grete cronicle and huge; L. magnam et diffusam chronicam]. 1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xix. 242 To reduce a diffused, but a dangerous & intricate question. 1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes To Rdr. sig. f1 The fashion of writing by way of Apology (which requires a diffused and pathetick stile) was..judged the best. 1660 J. Gauden Μεγαλεια Θεου 18 Some points may by long Orations be..extended to such great latitudes of diffused expressions, as make them very combersom. 1774 P. Francis in tr. I. de Pinto Ess. Circulation & Credit Pref. p. xvii Some remarks, which would have made the text too diffused..are mentioned in notes. 1824 Lit. Chron. & Weekly Rev. 31 Jan. 72/1 His style is flowing, but affected and diffused. 1896 Oracle Encycl. IV. 528/1 Having a turn for diffused speeches, he bored his way into notice. 1998 P. B. Trescott in J. C. W. Ahiakpor Keynes & Classics Reconsidered viii. 161 The writing style is very diffused. 3. a. Spread throughout or over a large area, widespread; disseminated. Cf. diffuse adj. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > illumination > [noun] > indirect or diffused diffused?1570 indirect lighting1925 the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [adjective] > spread or diffused diffusec1475 diffused?1570 spread1585 distended1595 squandered1647 disseminated1662 smeared out1931 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > extensive or on a large scale largea1400 ample1437 farc1475 diffused?1570 spacious1589 extensive1605 wholesale1642 diffuse1644 extense1644 voluminousa1652 amplivagant1656 extentive1658 numerousa1661 extended1700 amplivagous1731 far-reaching1824 Homeric1841 large-scale1856 wholescale1910 wide-scale1925 big-scale1930 macroscopic1931 broadscale1958 ?1570 E. Elviden Hist. Pesistratus & Catanea sig. K.viii They had dyde the stained ground with their diffused bloud. 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xvi. ii. 572 Christ..in whose houses, that is, in whose churches, the diffused nations shall inhabite. For Iaphet is, diffused. 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. ii. Concl. 449 Able to exempt themselues from thy diffused powers. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 59 He had a most diffused love to all mankind. 1756 D. Monro Ess. Dropsy (ed. 2) ii. i. 78 The principal..seat of the diffused dropsy, is that cellular membranous substance which is to be found every where under the skin. 1833 J. Grant Course of Serm. for Year I. xxxiv. 480 Who can comprehend his distinct personality, combined with his diffused omnipresence? 1910 Pop. Astron. 18 163 A very diffused mass of cometary matter. 1953 A. C. Marts Philanthropy's Role in Civilization xviii. 190 The American ideal of diffused responsibility and private philanthropy. 2005 Isis 96 425/1 The two most widely diffused compilations were the Toledan Tables..and the Alfonsine Tables. b. Of light: spread evenly, resulting in a reduction in intensity; indirect. Also (of a system of lighting): designed to produce such light. Cf. diffuse adj. 2e. ΚΠ 1622 J. Everard Three Sunnes Seene 10 This diffused light seemed to concenter, as it were, and gather to three heads, which in short space appeared to the view of the beholders to be three Sunnes. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe iv. 601 Neither of these could be without the other, as the Original Light or Sun could not be without the Splendour, nor the Splendour without the Original Light, and neither one nor t'other of them without a Diffused Derivative Light. 1715 E. Halley in Philos. Trans. 1714–16 (Royal Soc.) 29 250 A diffused Light which made the Air seem hazey. 1743 tr. Lucretius Of Nature of Things I. i. 5 The smooth Sky shines with diffused Light. 1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 748 Within two hours in direct sunlight, within six hours in diffused daylight. 1926 Brit. Standard Gloss. Terms Electr. Engin. (Brit. Engin. Standards Assoc.) 146 Diffused lighting, a system of lighting in which the luminous flux, after passing through a diffusing medium, reaches the area to be illuminated, in part directly and in part indirectly. 1939 Pop. Photogr. Nov. 76/3 A cloudy day and a spot out in the open gives a very good diffused lighting for this type of picture. 1993 TLC for Plants Winter 29/2 Plant calatheas in a peat-based medium and provide diffused sunlight or partial shade. 2000 Watermark Catal. (RNLI) Christmas 14/2 The glass shade has an authentic ‘milky’ finish to cast a diffused light. 4. Esp. of knowledge or learning: wide-ranging, comprehensive; diverse; = diffuse adj. 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > condition or state of being inclusive > [adjective] > inclusive or comprehensive largea1400 wide1534 capable1592 inclusive1604 comprehensive1614 all-comprehensive1650 complexive1654 diffused1658 comprehensional1673 perileptic1678 all-encompassing1805 unexcluding1822 widish1845 all-embracing1847 unexclusive1852 all-inclusive1858 broad1872 embracive1897 periscopic1912 wide-angle1932 umbrella1949 1658 P. Heylyn Stumbling-block of Disobedience v. 160 The study of Divinitie is diffused and large, and..the knowledge of Philosophie and the Arts and Histories, is but attendant on the same and subservient to it. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Introd. 15 Galen, with all his vast and diffused Learning. 1702 R. Neve Apopiroscopy Prolegomenon sig. A5 The diffused Knowledge and Sagacity of Philosophers. 1856 W. Bagehot in National Rev. Oct. 378 The diffused life of genial enjoyment which was common to Scott and to Shakespeare, was quite out of his way. 1898 J. E. C. Bodley France I. i. iii. 208 The civilisation of France..is an heritage of the ages, and its possession accounts for the good use to which Frenchmen of modest origin can put the advantages of a diffused education. 1912 Fortn. Rev. 1 Jan. 169 A working man who is intellectually, in the quality of his mind more, perhaps, than in the quantity of his diffused knowledge, distinctly inferior to the men who so eagerly followed Kingsley, Huxley, and Spencer. 2006 Y. B. Shalom Educating Israel i. 18 Participants who come from a universalistic and diffused background will find it much easier to adopt the customs of others. 5. Of a person, the body, or limbs: extended, spread out, esp. in a relaxed manner. Chiefly in predicative use. Cf. diffuse v. 5. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of stretching body > [adjective] stretched1518 diffused1671 effused1868 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 118 See how he lies at random, carelesly diffus'd. 1706 I. Watts Horæ Lyricæ ii. 237 Beneath your Sacred Shade diffus'd we lay. 1843 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 361/2 In the usher's chair were ensconced two urchins.., with their legs diffused in a picturesque attitude along the writing-desk. 1866 H. A. J. Munro tr. Lucretius De Rerum Natura (ed. 2) II. iii. 59 When the limbs are consigned to soft sleep and the burdened body lies diffused without sense. 1884 ‘M. Field’ Callirrhoë i. i. 7 She wakes and gathers up diffused dark limbs, Springing from slumber. 1994 M. H. Williams in R. Negri Newborn in Intensive Care Unit p. xviii I lay randomly diffused in all directions, unable to prop my languished head. 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随便看	to bear one'the face to bear one'the head to bear oneself stout to bear or carry away the bell to bear or stand comparison with to bear or stand the test to bear out to bear out a good face to bear outward to bear outwards to bear over to bear record to bear room to bear sail to bear speak false witness to bear state to bear sway to bear the bell to bear the blame to bear the bloom to bear the breech to bear the breeches to bear the crown to bear the face to bear the fault