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Etymology edit

From Latin profusus.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /pɹəˈfjuːs/
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  • Rhymes: -uːs

Adjective edit

profuse (comparative more profuse, superlative most profuse)

  1. abundant or generous to the point of excess.
    She grew profuse amounts of zucchini and pumpkins.
    profuse hospitality; profuse apologies; profuse expenditure

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Verb edit

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.

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

profuse

  1. feminine singular of profus

Italian edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /proˈfu.ze/
  • Rhymes: -uze
  • Hyphenation: pro‧fù‧se

Etymology 1 edit

Verb edit

profuse

  1. third-person singular past historic of profondere

Etymology 2 edit

Participle edit

profuse f pl

  1. feminine plural of profuso

Latin edit

Adjective edit

profūse

  1. vocative masculine singular of profūsus

References edit

  • 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