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adjective
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originating in or penetrating to the depths of one's being; profound grief.
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being or going far beneath what is superficial, external, or obvious: profound insight.
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of deep meaning; of great and broadly inclusive significance: a profound book.
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EXPANDpervasive or intense; thorough; complete: a profound silence.
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Profoundness
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Word Origin & History
profound
c.1300, "characterized by intellectual depth," from O.Fr. profund (late 12c.), from L. profundus "deep, bottomless, vast," also "obscure, profound," from pro- "forth" + fundus "bottom" (see fund (n.)). The literal and figurative senses both were in Latin, but English, already
EXPANDhaving deep, primarily employed this word in its figurative sense.
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