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Profound
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- 1 Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.
"A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog"
- 2 Very deep; very serious.
- 3 Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough.
"a profound investigation"
- 4 Characterized by intensity; deeply felt; pervading.
"How now! which of your hips has the most profound sciatica?"
- 5 Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive.
"And with this, and a profound bow to his patrons, the Manager retires, and the curtain rises."
- 1 situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed wordnet
- 2 (of sleep) deep and complete wordnet
- 3 coming from deep within one wordnet
- 4 of the greatest intensity; complete wordnet
- 5 showing intellectual penetration or emotional depth wordnet
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- 6 far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something wordnet
- 1 The deep; the sea; the ocean. obsolete, uncountable
"God, in the fathomlesse profound / Hath all his choice Commanders drown'd."
- 2 An abyss. obsolete, uncountable
"[…]if some other place, / From your dominion won, th' Ethereal King / Possesses lately, thither to arrive / travel this profound. Direct my course[…]"
- 1 To cause to sink deeply; to cause to dive or penetrate far down. obsolete
- 2 To dive deeply; to penetrate. obsolete
"But no man is likely to profound tbe Ocean of that Doctrine"
Etymology
From Middle English profound, profounde, from Anglo-Norman profound, from Old French profont, profonde, from Latin profundus (“deep, profound”), from prō + fundus (“bottom; foundation”).
From Middle English profound, profounde, from Anglo-Norman profound, from Old French profont, profonde, from Latin profundus (“deep, profound”), from prō + fundus (“bottom; foundation”).
From Middle English profound, profounde, from Anglo-Norman profound, from Old French profont, profonde, from Latin profundus (“deep, profound”), from prō + fundus (“bottom; foundation”).
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