digamma

[Gr.di= dis =twice, twofold, and gamma, the name of the third letter of the Greek alphabet; so named because when written it resembled a double gamma, or two gammas, one above the other, the gamma being written and the di "All liquid bodies are diffusive."-Burnet: Theory of the gamma F.] The name given to a letter in the oldest Earth . *5. Copious, diffuse, full, not concise. "If I were to choose I should clearly give the preference to this style, Pliny , bk. i., lett. 20. full and diffusive."-Melmoth: *6. Wide, general, universal, extensive. "No man is of so general and diffusire a lust, as to prosecute his amours all the world over."- South . dif-fü-sive-ly, adv . [Eng. diffusive ; -ly.] 1. Widely, extensively, diffusively. "Through secret streams diffusively they ble ." Young: Love of Fame, sat. vi. 2. In a diffuse, verbose, or copious manner; diffusely.