Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SUF-FU'SION, n. [Fr. from L. suffusio.]

1. The act or operation of overspreading, as with a fluid or with a color.
2. The state of being suffused or spread over. To those that have the jaundice or like suffusion of eyes, objects appear of that color. – Ray.
3. That which is suffused or spread over.