Dictionary entry

Diffuse (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Dif‐fuse″ (?), a. [L. diffusus, p. p.] Poured out; widely spread; not restrained; copious; full; esp., of style, opposed to concise or terse; verbose; prolix; as, a diffuse style; a diffuse writer.

A diffuse and various knowledge of divine and human things. Milton.

Syn. — Prolix; verbose; wide; copious; full. See Prolix.