diffusiveadj.

Brit.

/dᵻˈfjuːsɪv/, U.S.

/dᵻˈfjusɪv/

Forms: 1600s defusive, 1600s–1700s diffusiue, 1600s– diffusive.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin diffusivus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin diffusivus liable to spread, expansive (frequently from 13th cent. in British (especially philosophical) sources; from 15th cent. in continental sources) < classical Latin diffūs- , past participial stem of diffundere diffund v. + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Middle French, French diffusif tending to be widely dispersed or distributed (a1481; apparently unattested between the early 16th and late 18th centuries), Spanish difusivo (1494), Portuguese difusivo (1563), Italian diffusivo (late 14th cent.).In senses 3, 7, and 5 apparently after the corresponding senses of diffuse adj. With the form defusive compare forms, and see discussion, at diffuse v.

I. Senses relating to dispersion.

1. Having the quality of spreading over a wide area or among a large number of people; diffuse.

a. Of an immaterial or abstract thing, as knowledge, virtue, etc.: tending to be spread among a large number of people; pervasive, widespread. Also: of or relating to such diffusion.

ΚΠ

1600 C. Sutton Disce Mor.i xviii. 232 God.., whose goodnes is diffusiue, and communicable vnto others.

1635 W. Habington Castara (ed. 2) ii. 149 A common courtier..hath his love so diffusive among the beauties, that man is not considerable.

1704 J. Tily tr. J. G. Grævius in Select Orations 269 No Prince..was ever receiv'd with a more continued and diffusive Joy.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. 43 The diffusive circle of his benevolence was circumscribed only by the limits of the human race.

1842 Ld. Tennyson You ask me Why in Poems (new ed.) I. 220 The strength of some diffusive thought Hath time and space to work and spread.

1857 Sc. Congregational Mag. Oct. 312 It is to be lamented that good is less diffusive than evil.

1902 Mind 10 250 What more universal, more general, more diffusive love than that of the Christ?

2004 Handbk. Market Creation for Biodiversity (OECD) iii. 59 Information by its nature is highly diffusive and non-exclusive.

2012 Atlantic Online (Nexis) 30 Jan. A gimmick..that speaks..to the diffusive influence of social media.

b. Of a material thing or physical phenomenon, as light, heat, odour, etc.: having the tendency or ability to be widely dispersed or diffused; pervasive, widespread. Also: of or relating to such diffusion.

ΘΚΠ

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

spreading1532

outspreading1603

diffusive1610

diffusing1655

diffusile1727

suffusive1872

farther-spreading1876

1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 75 One Sunne, whith his diffusiue fires, Can paint the starres, and the whole world with light.

a1631 J. Donne Select. (1959) V. 351 So are these spices, and Incense, and Spikenard, of a diffusive and spreading nature.

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 187 Leaven hath..a diffusive faculty.

c1750 W. Shenstone Ruin'd Abbey 197 His less'ning flock In snowy groups diffusive scud the vale.

1784 F. O'Gallagher Ess. First Princ. Nature: Pt. I vii. i. 320 The expansive and diffusive propensity of light.

1847 C. Morfit tr. É. F. Celnart Perfumery iii. 49 Its odor is very agreeable, peculiar, and diffusive.

1878 J. T. Trowbridge Guy Vernon in G. P. Lathrop Masque of Poets 213 Beauty is a burning-glass that brings The soft, diffusive sunshine to a focus.

1900 Steamship June 455/1 If they got the diffusive heat from water-gas that they got from coal, the water-gas process would be multiplied ten times what it was at present.

2004 J. M. Wilson Moth & Flame 276 June gloom was upon us early..softening the shadows, which bled into the diffusive light.

†2. Designating a body of people considered as consisting of members in their individual capacities, speaking or acting for themselves. Obsolete.The ‘diffusive body’ is contrasted, by the idea of individually diffused or distributed action, with the ‘collective body’, and, by the idea of universal participation, with a ‘representative body’.Common in 17th cent.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > government by the people or their delegates > [adjective] > representative > individual or not collective

diffusive1624

1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? iv. 41 The Catholike Church of Christ is twofold, Diffusiue, or Representatiue.

1643 D. Digges Unlawfulnesse Subj. iii. 66 If actions of this nature were unwarrantable in the diffusive body, they are so in the representative.

1660 T. Fuller Mixt Contempl. ii. xlvii. 72 The Diffusive Nation was never more carefull in their Elections.

1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. lxxxii His Majesty and all his People, both representative and diffusive.

1718 Mem. Life J. Kettlewell iii. x. 212 The Supreme Power was Fundamentally in the whole Body Diffusive of the People.

1772 J. Rawlins Diss. Heretical Opinions 55 Others..though they denied the Supremacy of the Pope, were substituting many Popes in the diffusive Body of the Church.

1881 W. Lee in F. C. Cook Holy Bible with Comm. IV. (Rev. xi. 3) 634/1 Together with the faithful few..is included the diffusive body of professing Christians.

3. Of speech, writing, or literary style: expressed in or containing many words; expansive, discursive; (in negative sense) long-winded, verbose. Also of a person: that speaks or writes expansively or verbosely. Cf. diffuse adj. 3.

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

1624 D. Featley Romish Fisher Caught sig. E3 The Iesuites diffusiue & discursiue answers.

1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) Pref. 2 The heaviness..of Stile, and the diffusive length of them, disgusted me.

1739 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) VIII. 119 Polybius..generally is diffusive enough.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature V. 257 I have..been unavoidably, and I am afraid tiresomely, diffusive.

1845 W. H. Porter Proverbs i. 37 A pithy and comprehensive address is more popular and agreeable to his hearers, than one more diffusive, or protracted to an unreasonable length.

1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 50 He is less diffusive and more pointed than usual.

1907 Christian Advocate 14 Nov. 1833/2 It is unquestionably better to be too concise than to be too diffusive.

2004 Variety (Nexis) 26 Apr. a4 The long and tricky process of adapting Gregory Maguire's offbeat (and, at more than 400 pages, rather diffusive) fantasy novel.

4. That diffuses or disseminates something; having the quality of dispensing or distributing something (esp. a benefit) widely or bountifully. Frequently with of specifying the thing distributed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [adjective] > emitting > emitting copiously

spouting1567

welling1573

teeming1627

diffusive?1630

diabetic1673

gushing1717

?1630 T. Adams Medit. on Creed in Wks. 1205 Christs grace is so diffusiue of itselfe, that it deriues holinesse to vs.

1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 8 So diffusive of knowledge and charity.

1659 R. Boyle Some Motives & Incentives to Love of God xiii. 77 It is his [sc. the Sun's] Nature, to be diffusive of his Light.

1700 J. Dryden Fables Ded. sig. B^v Diffusive of the Goods which they enjoy'd.

1743 R. Blair Grave 32 The big-swoln Inundation, Of Mischief more diffusive.

1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) I. 149 (note) Matters diffusive of such an extent of moral good.

1888 Unity (Chicago) 10 Mar. 28/1 The club is diffusive in its spirit, educational.

1911 H. C. Sheldon New Test. Theol. (rev. ed.) vi. 333 A reference to the nature of benevolence as universally diffusive of benefits.

1978 E. Goodheart Failure of Crit. iii. 57 The university in a democratic society..has an active diffusive power.

2008 P. Newell Recording Studio Design (2013) (ed. 2) vi. 190 The deep cutting back of the cement between the blocks creates a series of randomly sized pits which render the surface much more diffusive.

5. Botany. Of a branched structure, esp. a panicle: loose, open; = diffuse adj. 2d. rare.

ΚΠ

1757 W. Watson in Philos. Trans. 1756 (Royal Soc.) 49 815 The rigid leaved Bell-flowers, with a diffusive panicle and patulous flowers.

1982 H. S. Gentry Agaves Continental N. Amer. 294 The short, broad, diffusive panicle and leaf form appear to conform to the Section Americanae.

6. Science. Of, characterized by, or involving diffusion (diffusion n. 5).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > mechanics > fluid mechanics > [adjective] > of or characterized by diffusion

diffusive1804

diffusional1861

1804 Jrnl. Nat. Philos. July 148 The diffusive or repulsive force by which they constantly tend to dispersion, is comparatively slow in producing the ultimate effect, being in this respect exactly similar to chemical affinity.

1851 T. Graham in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 141 483 The diffusive relation of the two bases.

1866 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. iii. 29 This important property is called the diffusive power of gases.

1951 Jrnl. Atmospheric & Terrestr. Physics 1 201 Turbulence suffices to mix the permanent constituents effectively, overcoming the diffusive tendency for each to distribute itself independently of the others.

1972 L. Agrawal et al. in A. G. Jhingran et al. Himalayan Geol. II. 161 Cross-hatched microcline developed from pre-existing monoclinic orthoclase by diffusive transformation.

2000 Nature 9 Mar. 141/1 This device relies on the diffusion of gas molecules as a result of a concentration gradient across a diffusive barrier.

†II. Senses relating to confusion or obscurity.

7. Difficult to understand, obscure; confused; = diffuse adj. 1. 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

1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xxii. 266 Whereas Turcopolier was so diffusive a name as not worthy the pains of pronouncing.

1741 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 404/1 A Question very intricate and diffusive, entangled with a Thousand, and involving a Thousand Distinctions.

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

单词	diffusive
释义	diffusiveadj. Brit. /dᵻˈfjuːsɪv/, U.S. /dᵻˈfjusɪv/ Forms: 1600s defusive, 1600s–1700s diffusiue, 1600s– diffusive. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin diffusivus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin diffusivus liable to spread, expansive (frequently from 13th cent. in British (especially philosophical) sources; from 15th cent. in continental sources) < classical Latin diffūs- , past participial stem of diffundere diffund v. + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Middle French, French diffusif tending to be widely dispersed or distributed (a1481; apparently unattested between the early 16th and late 18th centuries), Spanish difusivo (1494), Portuguese difusivo (1563), Italian diffusivo (late 14th cent.).In senses 3, 7, and 5 apparently after the corresponding senses of diffuse adj. With the form defusive compare forms, and see discussion, at diffuse v. I. Senses relating to dispersion. 1. Having the quality of spreading over a wide area or among a large number of people; diffuse. a. Of an immaterial or abstract thing, as knowledge, virtue, etc.: tending to be spread among a large number of people; pervasive, widespread. Also: of or relating to such diffusion. ΚΠ 1600 C. Sutton Disce Mor.i xviii. 232 God.., whose goodnes is diffusiue, and communicable vnto others. 1635 W. Habington Castara (ed. 2) ii. 149 A common courtier..hath his love so diffusive among the beauties, that man is not considerable. 1704 J. Tily tr. J. G. Grævius in Select Orations 269 No Prince..was ever receiv'd with a more continued and diffusive Joy. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. 43 The diffusive circle of his benevolence was circumscribed only by the limits of the human race. 1842 Ld. Tennyson You ask me Why in Poems (new ed.) I. 220 The strength of some diffusive thought Hath time and space to work and spread. 1857 Sc. Congregational Mag. Oct. 312 It is to be lamented that good is less diffusive than evil. 1902 Mind 10 250 What more universal, more general, more diffusive love than that of the Christ? 2004 Handbk. Market Creation for Biodiversity (OECD) iii. 59 Information by its nature is highly diffusive and non-exclusive. 2012 Atlantic Online (Nexis) 30 Jan. A gimmick..that speaks..to the diffusive influence of social media. b. Of a material thing or physical phenomenon, as light, heat, odour, etc.: having the tendency or ability to be widely dispersed or diffused; pervasive, widespread. Also: of or relating to such diffusion. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [adjective] > spreading or diffusing spreading1532 outspreading1603 diffusive1610 diffusing1655 diffusile1727 suffusive1872 farther-spreading1876 1610 G. Fletcher Christs Victorie 75 One Sunne, whith his diffusiue fires, Can paint the starres, and the whole world with light. a1631 J. Donne Select. (1959) V. 351 So are these spices, and Incense, and Spikenard, of a diffusive and spreading nature. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 187 Leaven hath..a diffusive faculty. c1750 W. Shenstone Ruin'd Abbey 197 His less'ning flock In snowy groups diffusive scud the vale. 1784 F. O'Gallagher Ess. First Princ. Nature: Pt. I vii. i. 320 The expansive and diffusive propensity of light. 1847 C. Morfit tr. É. F. Celnart Perfumery iii. 49 Its odor is very agreeable, peculiar, and diffusive. 1878 J. T. Trowbridge Guy Vernon in G. P. Lathrop Masque of Poets 213 Beauty is a burning-glass that brings The soft, diffusive sunshine to a focus. 1900 Steamship June 455/1 If they got the diffusive heat from water-gas that they got from coal, the water-gas process would be multiplied ten times what it was at present. 2004 J. M. Wilson Moth & Flame 276 June gloom was upon us early..softening the shadows, which bled into the diffusive light. †2. Designating a body of people considered as consisting of members in their individual capacities, speaking or acting for themselves. Obsolete.The ‘diffusive body’ is contrasted, by the idea of individually diffused or distributed action, with the ‘collective body’, and, by the idea of universal participation, with a ‘representative body’.Common in 17th cent. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > government by the people or their delegates > [adjective] > representative > individual or not collective diffusive1624 1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? iv. 41 The Catholike Church of Christ is twofold, Diffusiue, or Representatiue. 1643 D. Digges Unlawfulnesse Subj. iii. 66 If actions of this nature were unwarrantable in the diffusive body, they are so in the representative. 1660 T. Fuller Mixt Contempl. ii. xlvii. 72 The Diffusive Nation was never more carefull in their Elections. 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. lxxxii His Majesty and all his People, both representative and diffusive. 1718 Mem. Life J. Kettlewell iii. x. 212 The Supreme Power was Fundamentally in the whole Body Diffusive of the People. 1772 J. Rawlins Diss. Heretical Opinions 55 Others..though they denied the Supremacy of the Pope, were substituting many Popes in the diffusive Body of the Church. 1881 W. Lee in F. C. Cook Holy Bible with Comm. IV. (Rev. xi. 3) 634/1 Together with the faithful few..is included the diffusive body of professing Christians. 3. Of speech, writing, or literary style: expressed in or containing many words; expansive, discursive; (in negative sense) long-winded, verbose. Also of a person: that speaks or writes expansively or verbosely. Cf. diffuse adj. 3. 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 1624 D. Featley Romish Fisher Caught sig. E3 The Iesuites diffusiue & discursiue answers. 1699 Bp. G. Burnet Expos. 39 Articles (1700) Pref. 2 The heaviness..of Stile, and the diffusive length of them, disgusted me. 1739 tr. C. Rollin Anc. Hist. (ed. 2) VIII. 119 Polybius..generally is diffusive enough. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature V. 257 I have..been unavoidably, and I am afraid tiresomely, diffusive. 1845 W. H. Porter Proverbs i. 37 A pithy and comprehensive address is more popular and agreeable to his hearers, than one more diffusive, or protracted to an unreasonable length. 1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 50 He is less diffusive and more pointed than usual. 1907 Christian Advocate 14 Nov. 1833/2 It is unquestionably better to be too concise than to be too diffusive. 2004 Variety (Nexis) 26 Apr. a4 The long and tricky process of adapting Gregory Maguire's offbeat (and, at more than 400 pages, rather diffusive) fantasy novel. 4. That diffuses or disseminates something; having the quality of dispensing or distributing something (esp. a benefit) widely or bountifully. Frequently with of specifying the thing distributed. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [adjective] > emitting > emitting copiously spouting1567 welling1573 teeming1627 diffusive?1630 diabetic1673 gushing1717 ?1630 T. Adams Medit. on Creed in Wks. 1205 Christs grace is so diffusiue of itselfe, that it deriues holinesse to vs. 1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 8 So diffusive of knowledge and charity. 1659 R. Boyle Some Motives & Incentives to Love of God xiii. 77 It is his [sc. the Sun's] Nature, to be diffusive of his Light. 1700 J. Dryden Fables Ded. sig. B^v Diffusive of the Goods which they enjoy'd. 1743 R. Blair Grave 32 The big-swoln Inundation, Of Mischief more diffusive. 1816 M. Keating Trav. (1817) I. 149 (note) Matters diffusive of such an extent of moral good. 1888 Unity (Chicago) 10 Mar. 28/1 The club is diffusive in its spirit, educational. 1911 H. C. Sheldon New Test. Theol. (rev. ed.) vi. 333 A reference to the nature of benevolence as universally diffusive of benefits. 1978 E. Goodheart Failure of Crit. iii. 57 The university in a democratic society..has an active diffusive power. 2008 P. Newell Recording Studio Design (2013) (ed. 2) vi. 190 The deep cutting back of the cement between the blocks creates a series of randomly sized pits which render the surface much more diffusive. 5. Botany. Of a branched structure, esp. a panicle: loose, open; = diffuse adj. 2d. rare. ΚΠ 1757 W. Watson in Philos. Trans. 1756 (Royal Soc.) 49 815 The rigid leaved Bell-flowers, with a diffusive panicle and patulous flowers. 1982 H. S. Gentry Agaves Continental N. Amer. 294 The short, broad, diffusive panicle and leaf form appear to conform to the Section Americanae. 6. Science. Of, characterized by, or involving diffusion (diffusion n. 5). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > mechanics > fluid mechanics > [adjective] > of or characterized by diffusion diffusive1804 diffusional1861 1804 Jrnl. Nat. Philos. July 148 The diffusive or repulsive force by which they constantly tend to dispersion, is comparatively slow in producing the ultimate effect, being in this respect exactly similar to chemical affinity. 1851 T. Graham in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 141 483 The diffusive relation of the two bases. 1866 H. E. Roscoe Lessons Elem. Chem. iii. 29 This important property is called the diffusive power of gases. 1951 Jrnl. Atmospheric & Terrestr. Physics 1 201 Turbulence suffices to mix the permanent constituents effectively, overcoming the diffusive tendency for each to distribute itself independently of the others. 1972 L. Agrawal et al. in A. G. Jhingran et al. Himalayan Geol. II. 161 Cross-hatched microcline developed from pre-existing monoclinic orthoclase by diffusive transformation. 2000 Nature 9 Mar. 141/1 This device relies on the diffusion of gas molecules as a result of a concentration gradient across a diffusive barrier. †II. Senses relating to confusion or obscurity. 7. Difficult to understand, obscure; confused; = diffuse adj. 1. 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 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xxii. 266 Whereas Turcopolier was so diffusive a name as not worthy the pains of pronouncing. 1741 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 404/1 A Question very intricate and diffusive, entangled with a Thousand, and involving a Thousand Distinctions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1600
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