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The capacity of being expanded; as, the expansibility of air.

Capable of being expanded or spread out widely. Bodies are not expansible in proposition to their weight. Ex*pab"si*ble*ness ,n. -Ex*pan"si*bly ,adv.

Expansible. Ether and alcohol are more expansile than water. Brande & C.

The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.

Having a capacity or tendency to expand or dilate; diffusive; of much expanse; wide-extending; as, the expansive force of heat; the expansive quality of air. A more expansive and generous compassion. Eustace. His forehead was broad and expansive. Prescott. -- Ex*pan"sive*ly, adv. -Ex*pan"sive*ness, n.…

Expanse. [Obs.] "Night's rich expansure."

The state or quality of being flippant. This flippancy of language. Bp. Hurd.

idity; having a voluble tongue; talkative. It becometh good men, in such cases, to be flippant and free in their speech. Barrow.

In a flippant manner.

State or quality of being flippant.

A perfume of jasmine; frangipani.

A perfume derived from, or imitating the odor of, the flower of the red jasmine, a West Indian tree of the genus Plumeria.

Professional cant; the chatter of conjurers to divert attention from their tricks; hence, jugglery. [Colloq.]

The hard substratum. Same as Hard pan, under Hard, a.

The brainpan. [Obs.]

A digestive gland in Crustacea, Mollusca, etc., usually called the liver, but different from the liver of vertebrates.

Of or pertaining to Spain or its language; as, Hispanic words.

A Spanish idiom or mode of speech. Keightley.

To give a Spanish form or character to; as, to Hispanicize Latin words.

A fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle, enlarged below the calyx, as in the alycanthus, the rose hip, and the pear.