diffusive

Meaning

Adjective

• That is spread or dispersed across a wide area or among a large number of people.
• Involving or employing many words; expansive, discursive; long-winded.
• That diffuses something; disseminating.
• Pertaining to diffusion.

Origin

• From post-classical Latin diffusivus ("tending to spread; expansive") (13th century), from participle stem of Latin diffundere ("diffuse, disperse").