diffuse (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. fūsus (in Cic. an epithet of praise; applicable to a free, flowing style2. diffūsus (also used without censure)3. verbōsus4. rĕdundans (with excess of epithets and illustration) • diffuse (adj.): 1. fūsus (in Cic. an epithet of praise; applicable to a free, flowing style: de Or. 2, 38, 159): the sense of the Eng. may be given by an adv., as nimis fusus; or by the compar., fusior: v. L. G. § 351. 2. diffūsus (also used without censure): an expanded, d. style, dilatata et d. oratio, opp. to angusta atque concisa, Cic. Or. 56, 187. 3. verbōsus: v. verbose. 4. rĕdundans (with excess of epithets and illustration): Join: parum pressus et redundans, Cic.; redundans et superfluens, Cic. Phr.: to become d. (of style), fluere, Cic.: less d., pressior, Plin. Ep.