Effusive \Ef*fu"sive\, a. Pouring out; pouring forth freely. ``Washed with the effusive wave.'' --Pope. {Effusive rocks} (Geol.), volcanic rocks, in distinction from so-called intrusive, or plutonic, rocks. -- {Ef*fu"sive*ly}, adv. -- {Ef*fu"sive*ness}, n.
effusiveness n : a friendly open trait of a talkative person [syn: {expansiveness}]