profuse
Etymology

From .

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /pɹəˈfjuːs/
Adjective

profuse

  1. abundant or generous to the point of excess.
    She grew profuse amounts of zucchini and pumpkins.
    profuse hospitality; profuse apologies; profuse expenditure
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC ↗:
      On a green shadie Bank profuse of Flours
Translations Verb

profuse (profuses, present participle profusing; simple past and past participle profused)

  1. (obsolete) To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander.
    • [1611?], Homer, “Book XXIV”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC ↗; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume I, London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC ↗:
      Mercury, thy help hath been profused
      The spelling has been modernized.



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