suffused, ppl. a.
(səˈfjuːzd)
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
1. Overspread as with fluid, light, colour, etc.
| 1590 Spenser F.Q. iii. vii. 10 Wiping the teares from her suffused eyes. 1629 Quarles Argalus & Parthen. ii. Wks. (Grosart) III. 264/2 Which strongly did importune A world of teares from these suffused eyes. 1805 Med. Jrnl. XIV. 201 The eyes became more suffused and dull. 1878 Browning La Saisiaz 71 How suffused a cheek You had turned me had I sudden brought the blush into the smile. |
2. Spread over a surface like water. Also fig.
| 1851 Mrs. Browning Casa Guidi Wind. i. 817 The deep look which shall drain Suffused thought into channelled enterprise. 1873 Black Pr. Thule xxvi. 432 There was a faint suffused sense of joy in her heart. |
Hence suˈffusedly adv., in a suffused manner.
| 1895 Meyrick Brit. Lepidopt. 461 Forewings whitish..dorsum suffusedly fuscous. |