diffusiveness

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diffusiveness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Diffusiveness \Dif*fu"sive*ness\, n.
     The quality or state of being diffusive or diffuse;
     extensiveness; expansion; dispersion. Especially of style:
     Diffuseness; want of conciseness; prolixity.
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           The fault that I find with a modern legend, it its
           diffusiveness.                           --Addison.
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