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profusion

[pruh-fyoo-zhuhn]
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noun

abundance; abundant quantity.
a great quantity or amount (often followed by of).
lavish spending; extravagance.

RELATED WORDS

outpouring, glut, prosperity, wealth, plenitude, opulence, extravagance, flood, plenty, excess, overflow, copiousness, surplus, ampleness

Nearby words

  1. profoundly deaf,
  2. profumo,
  3. profundity,
  4. profuse,
  5. profusely,
  6. profusive,
  7. prog,
  8. prog rock,
  9. prog.,
  10. progametangium

Origin of profusion

1535–45; < Latin profūsiōn- (stem of profūsiō) a pouring out, extravagance, orig. libation; see profuse, fusion
SYNONYMS FOR profusion
1. copiousness, bounty. See plenty. 3. prodigality, profligacy, excess, waste.
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ANTONYMS FOR profusion
1. scarcity.
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Word Origin and History for profusion

profusion

n.

1540s, from Middle French profusion (16c.) and directly from Late Latin profusionem (nominative profusio) "a pouring out," noun of action from past participle stem of profundere (see profuse).

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