- profuseness
- noun see profuse
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
profuseness
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Profuseness — Pro*fuse ness, n. Extravagance; profusion. [1913 Webster] Hospitality sometimes degenerates into profuseness. Atterbury. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
profuseness — index boom (prosperity), plethora, sufficiency, surfeit, tautology Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
profuseness — profuse ► ADJECTIVE 1) plentiful; abundant. 2) archaic extravagant. DERIVATIVES profusely adverb profuseness noun profusion noun. ORIGIN Latin profusus lavish, spread out … English terms dictionary
profuseness — See profusely. * * * … Universalium
profuseness — noun /proʊˈfjus.nəs/ The quality of being profuse; profusion … Wiktionary
profuseness — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Plenty] Syn. abundance, surplus, affluence; see plenty . 2. [Verbosity] Syn. prolixity, verbiage, grandiloquence; see wordiness . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Excessive or imprudent expenditure: extravagance, extravagancy … English dictionary for students
profuseness — pro fuse·ness || prÉ™ fjuËsnɪs n. generousness, quality of giving freely; extravagance, wastefulness; abundance, plentifulness … English contemporary dictionary
profuseness — n. See profusion … New dictionary of synonyms
profuseness — pro·fuse·ness … English syllables
profuseness — noun the property of being extremely abundant the profusion of detail the idiomatic richness of English • Syn: ↑profusion, ↑richness, ↑cornucopia • Derivationally related forms: ↑rich ( … Useful english dictionary
