Emily Dickinson Lexicon

DIF-FU'SIVE-NESS, n.

1. The power of diffusing, or state of being diffused; dispersion.
2. Extension, or extensiveness; as, the diffusiveness of benevolence.
3. The quality or state of being diffuse, as an author or his style; verboseness; copiousness of words or expression. – Addison.