Suffusion
[sə'fjʊʒən]
Definition
(n.) The act or process of suffusing, or state of being suffused; an overspreading.
(n.) That with which a thing is suffused.
(n.) A blending of one color into another; the spreading of one color over another, as on the feathers of birds.
Inputed by Elizabeth
Examples
- Oh, don't, said Lily, with a quick suffusion of colour. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- I was alive with a life of Paradise, as she turned _her_ glance from _my_ glance, and softly averted her head to hide the suffusion of her cheek. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- An unbidden suffusion for one moment both softened and brightened her eyes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Edited by Flo