profuse

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /prəˈfjus/ UK /prəˈfjuːs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
produced or given in great abundance; lavish

He offered profuse apologies for arriving so late.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · produced or given in great... abundant copious lavish plentiful prolific bountiful extravagant ample

Opposites

sparse scanty meager scarce

Word family

Forms profusely

Derived forms profuselyprofusenessprofusion

Related forms fuse confuse diffuseeffuse

Etymology

From Latin profusus ('lavish, extravagant, poured forth'), past participle of profundere ('to pour forth'), from pro- ('forth') + fundere ('to pour').

profundere Latin fundere Latin

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# profuse

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /prəˈfjus/
**IPA (UK):** /prəˈfjuːs/

## Meanings
1. produced or given in great abundance; lavish

## Examples
- He offered profuse apologies for arriving so late.

## Synonyms
- abundant
- copious
- lavish
- plentiful
- prolific
- bountiful
- extravagant
- ample

## Antonyms
- sparse
- scanty
- meager
- scarce

## Derived Forms
- profusely
- profuseness
- profusion

## Related Forms
- fuse
- confuse
- diffuse
- effuse

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: profundere
- Root: fundere

## Etymology
From Latin profusus ('lavish, extravagant, poured forth'), past participle of profundere ('to pour forth'), from pro- ('forth') + fundere ('to pour').

## AI Etymology
Profuse is from Latin profusus ('lavish, extravagant, poured forth'), past participle of profundere ('to pour forth'), from pro- ('forth') + fundere ('to pour'). Important recorded forms include profundere (Latin) and fundere (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense remains close to that composition, with the parts narrowing into a single lexical item. In current use it covers produced or given in great abundance; lavish. The wider family includes derived forms such as profusely, profuseness, and profusion and related words such as fuse, confuse, diffuse, and effuse.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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