the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. a friendly open trait of a talkative person; enthusiasm exhibited with little restraint.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The state of being effusive.
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n. a friendly open trait of a talkative person
Word Usage
"She was the last woman to desire or tolerate public exhibitions of uxoriousness or to measure the depth of a husband's love by the froth on the surface, and she was reared in a school in which effusiveness is not approved."