All 4 Uses of
effusion
in
Pride and Prejudice
- After listening one morning to their effusions on this subject, Mr. Bennet coolly observed: "From all that I can collect by your manner of talking, you must be two of the silliest girls in the country.†
p. 30.1effusions = enthusiastic expressions of feelings or thoughts OR things flowing or given off (often under pressure such as blood or leaking gas)
- Her daughters listened in silence to this effusion, sensible that any attempt to reason with her or soothe her would only increase the irritation.†
p. 111.6 *
- Let our first effusions be less insupportable than those of the generality of travellers.†
p. 152.9effusions = enthusiastic expressions of feelings or thoughts OR things flowing or given off (often under pressure such as blood or leaking gas)
- This was enough to prove that her approbation need not be doubted: and Elizabeth, rejoicing that such an effusion was heard only by herself, soon went away.†
p. 358.1
Definition:
an enthusiastic expression of feelings or thoughts
or:
something flowing or given off (often a liquid or gas under pressure such as blood or leaking gas)
or:
something flowing or given off (often a liquid or gas under pressure such as blood or leaking gas)