profusion

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Noun

profusion

1. abundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia

   His hair, in great profusion, streamed down over his shoulders.

   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter VI

     We set the men at work felling trees, selecting for the purpose jarrah, a hard, weather-resisting timber which grew in profusion near by.

2. lavish or imprudent expenditure; prodigality or extravagance

Translations

• German: Überfluss, Überfülle
• Russian: изоби́лие
• Spanish: profusión

Translations

• German: Verschwendung, Vergeudung
• Russian: расточительность

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