profundity
[pruh-fuhn-di-tee]
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Origin of profundity
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Contemporary Examples
They have to learn the profundity of the sorrow and the pain that the memory of the Holocaust evokes, and they have to respect it.
Nikos Kazantzakis had no problems writing a moving novel of beauty, profundity, and luminosity.
The most profound truths are often the simplest ones, and Wallace was a genius at revealing the simplicity of profundity.
David Foster Wallace, Traditionalist? Considering ‘Both Flesh and Not: Essays’David Masciotra
November 2, 2012
Historical Examples
And even as it rose its power was dashed again in the profundity of her suffering.
The Twins of Suffering CreekRidgwell Cullum
Little by little Charles-Norton sank into a profundity of well-being.
The Trimming of GoosieJames Hopper
The capacity of a people for profundity is not profundity, either of the individual or of the community.
The New SocietyWalther Rathenau
Profundity is often supposed to be obscurity, but the deepest depth is clear.
Expositions of Holy ScriptureAlexander Maclaren
She paused again, to be sure of doing justice to Cecil's profundity.
A Room With A ViewE. M. Forster
Word Origin and History for profundity
n.
early 15c., "bottom of the sea," from Old French profundite (Modern French profondité) and directly from Late Latin profunditatem (nominative profunditas) "depth, intensity, immensity," from profundus "deep, vast" (see profound). Meaning "depth of intellect" in English is from c.1500.
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