Suffusion

//səˈfjuːʒən// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of pouring a liquid over or soaking something. countable
  2. 2
    the process of permeating or infusing something with a substance wordnet
  3. 3
    A coat, coating, film, or plating. countable
  4. 4
    The state of being wet. uncountable

Example

More examples

"He remarked, that the deadly paleness which had occupied her neck and temples gave place to a deep and rosy suffusion; and he felt with embarrassment that a flush was by tacit sympathy excited in his own cheeks."

Etymology

From suffuse + -ion.

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