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profuse en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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  • /pɹəˈfjuːs/

Etymology

From Latin profusus.

Meanings

  1. abundant or generous to the point of excess; copious; volubly expressed.
    • On a green shadie Bank profuse of Flours 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
    • profuse hospitality; profuse apologies; profuse expenditure
    • She grew profuse amounts of zucchini and pumpkins.

Forms

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more profuse Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most profuse Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

profusely · unprofuse · profuseness

Translations (36)

fi ylenpalttinen (In great quantity or abundance) · ca profús (In great quantity or abundance) · tr bolca (In great quantity or abundance) · la profūsus (In great quantity or abundance) · tr çok (In great quantity or abundance) · sv överflödande (In great quantity or abundance) · pt profuso (In great quantity or abundance) · mk о́билен (In great quantity or abundance) · ro îmbelșugat (In great quantity or abundance) · mi ranea (In great quantity or abundance) · de überreich (In great quantity or abundance) · de freigiebig (In great quantity or abundance) · fo ógvisligur (In great quantity or abundance) · sk bohatý (In great quantity or abundance) · sk rozsiahly (In great quantity or abundance) · sk veľkorysý (In great quantity or abundance) · hu bőséges (In great quantity or abundance) · de freigebig (In great quantity or abundance) · de übermäßig (In great quantity or abundance) · tr bol (In great quantity or abundance) · gl profuso (In great quantity or abundance) · sk štedrý (In great quantity or abundance) · ota كور (In great quantity or abundance) · bg изобилен (In great quantity or abundance) · txb īte (In great quantity or abundance) · de üppig (In great quantity or abundance) · bg богат (In great quantity or abundance) · fa فراوان (In great quantity or abundance) · ru оби́льный (In great quantity or abundance) · de enorm (In great quantity or abundance) · mk бо́гат (In great quantity or abundance) · ro abundent (In great quantity or abundance) · ga raidhsiúil (In great quantity or abundance) · mk изо́билен (In great quantity or abundance) · de reichlich (In great quantity or abundance) · es profuso (In great quantity or abundance)

profuse en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /pɹəˈfjuːs/

Etymology

From Latin profusus.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander.
    • Mercury, thy help hath been profused [1611?], Homer, “Book XXIV”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume I, London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:

Forms

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profuses Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
profused Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
profused Tense=Past lexicographic
profusing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic