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Webster 1913 Edition
Profusion
Pro-fu′sion
,Noun.
[L.
profusio
: cf. F. profusion
.] 1.
The act of one who is profuse; a lavishing or pouring out without sting.
Thy vast
profusion
to the factious nobles? Rowe.
2.
Abundance; exuberant plenty; lavish supply;
as, a
. profusion
of commoditiesAddison.
Webster 1828 Edition
Profusion
PROFU'SION
,s.
1.
Lavishness; prodigality; extravagance of expenditures; as, to waste an estate by profusion. What meant thy pompous progress through the empire,
Thy vast profusion to the factious nobles?
2.
Lavish effusion. He was desirous to avoid not only profusion, but the least effusion of christian blood.
3.
Rich abundance; exuberant plenty. The table contained a profusion of dainties. Our country has a profusion of food for man and beast. The raptur'd eye
The fair profusion,yellow autumn, spies.
Definition 2024
profusion
profusion
See also: profusión
English
Noun
profusion (plural profusions)
- 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.
- lavish or imprudent expenditure; prodigality or extravagance
Translations
abundance
lavish or imprudent expenditure