different between effusive vs zestful

English

Etymology

From the stem of Latin effund?re +? -ive, from ex- (“out of”) +? fund? (“pour”), 1660s.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??fju?s?v/

Adjective

effusive (comparative more effusive, superlative most effusive)

1. Gushy; unrestrained, extravagant or excessive (in emotional expression).
2. (archaic) Pouring, spilling out freely; overflowing.
3. (geology, of igneous rock) Extrusive; having solidified after being poured out as molten lava.

Derived terms

• effusively
• effusiveness

Translations

References

Italian

Adjective

effusive

1. feminine plural of effusivo

English

Etymology

zest +? -ful

Adjective

zestful (comparative more zestful, superlative most zestful)

1. Having a spirited love of life; ebullient.
   • 1957, Arthur Upfield, Bony Buys a Woman, London: Heinemann, 1967, Chapter 13, p. 117,^[1]

     Debonair youth! The spurs, the wide felt hat, the open shirt, the belt holding the array of small pouches, including a holstered revolver, the delight in the long stock-whip having a bright green silk cracker to produce loud reports, ranging from slow rifle fire to the rat-tat-tat of a machine-gun, all told the story of zestful youth.

2. Eager, enthusiastic.
   • 1933, H. G. Wells, The Shape of Things to Come, London: Hutchinson & Co., 1935, Book 1, § 10, p. 77,^[2]

     […] there appeared a narrowly patriotic government, which presently developed into an aggressive, vindictive and pitiless dictatorship, and set itself at once to the zestful persecution of the unfortunate ethnic minorities […]

   • 1968, Donald Barthelme, “The Dolt” in Sixty Stories, New York: Dutton, 1982, p. 94,^[3]

     […] the former priest, by now habituated to military life, and even zestful for it, enlisted under the new young king, with the rank of captain.

Derived terms

• zestfully
• zestfulness

Translations

Anagrams

• Fultzes, Zufelts