profuse

Etymology

From Latin profusus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈfjuːs/

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• Rhymes: -uːs

Adjective

profuse (comparative more profuse, superlative most profuse)

1. In great quantity or abundance.

   She grew profuse amounts of zucchini and pumpkins.

   profuse hospitality; profuse apologies; profuse expenditure

   • Milton

     a green, shady bank, profuse of flowers

Verb

profuse (third-person singular simple present profuses, present participle profusing, simple past and past participle profused)

1. (obsolete) To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander.

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Adjective

profuse

1. feminine of profus

Verb

profuse

1. third-person singular past historic of profondere

profuse f

1. plural of profuso

Adjective

profūse

1. vocative masculine singular of profūsus

References

• profuse in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• profuse in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• profuse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette