de profundis

[dey proh-foon-dis]

Latin.

1. out of the depths (of sorrow, despair, etc.).

de profundis

/ deɪ prɒˈfʊndɪs /

adverb

1. out of the depths of misery or dejection

Word History and Origins

Origin of de profundis¹

from the first words of Psalm 130

Example Sentences

"People will so often write in to me and say, 'I cannot tell you how much your grandfather's De Profundis meant to me'," he explained.

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Its collection also includes De Profundis, the letter he wrote to Bosie from Reading Gaol.

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Daniil Trifonov, a welcome fixture at David Geffen Hall, will join for a program of Robert Schumann’s Piano Concerto, as well as selections from Sibelius’s “Lemminkäinen Suite” and Raminta Šerkšnytė’s “De Profundis,” from 1998.

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In his misery Wilde eventually penned a many-paged cri de coeur to Douglas, “De Profundis,” which bitterly retraced the history of their stormy relationship.

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With that he was able to complete “De Profundis,” a lengthy letter to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, that included some more optimistic messages.

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