profusion

[ pruh-fyoo-zhuhn ]
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noun
  1. abundance; abundant quantity.

  2. a great quantity or amount (often followed by of).

  1. lavish spending; extravagance.

Origin of profusion

1
First recorded in 1535–45; rom Latin profūsiōn- (stem of profūsiō ) “a pouring out, extravagance,” originally, “libation”; see profuse, fusion

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1. See plenty.

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