Both Uses of
effusion
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- It was not the meanness of his sentimental effusions before Ilya Petrovitch, nor the meanness of the latter's triumph over him that had caused this sudden revulsion in his heart.†
Chpt 2.1 *effusions = enthusiastic expressions of feelings or thoughts OR things flowing or given off (often under pressure such as blood or leaking gas)
- It was not that he understood, but he felt clearly with all the intensity of sensation that he could never more appeal to these people in the police-office with sentimental effusions like his recent outburst, or with anything whatever; and that if they had been his own brothers and sisters and not police-officers, it would have been utterly out of the question to appeal to them in any circumstance of life.†
Chpt 2.1
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)