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profoundness

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pro⋅found

  [pruh-found] adjective, -er, -est, noun
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–adjective
1. penetrating or entering deeply into subjects of thought or knowledge; having deep insight or understanding: a profound thinker.
2. originating in or penetrating to the depths of one's being; profound grief.
3. being or going far beneath what is superficial, external, or obvious: profound insight.
4. of deep meaning; of great and broadly inclusive significance: a profound book.
5. pervasive or intense; thorough; complete: a profound silence.
6. extending, situated, or originating far down, or far beneath the surface: the profound depths of the ocean.
7. low: a profound bow.
8. deep.
–noun Literary.
9. something that is profound.
10. the deep sea; ocean.
11. depth; abyss.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME < AF < L profundus deep, vast, equiv. to pro- pro- 1 + fundus bottom (see found 2 )

Related forms:
pro⋅found⋅ly, adverb
pro⋅found⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. deep, sagacious.

Antonyms:
1. shallow, superficial.
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pro·found   (prə-found', prō-)   
adj.   pro·found·er, pro·found·est

  1. Situated at, extending to, or coming from a great depth; deep.

  2. Coming as if from the depths of one's being: profound contempt.

  3. Thoroughgoing; far-reaching: profound social changes.

  4. Penetrating beyond what is superficial or obvious: a profound insight.

  5. Unqualified; absolute: a profound silence.


[Middle English profounde, from Old French profond, from Latin profundus : prō-, before; see pro-1 + fundus, bottom.]
pro·found'ly adv., pro·found'ness n.
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Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

profound 
c.1305, "characterized by intellectual depth," from O.Fr. profund (c.1175), from L. profundus "deep, bottomless, vast," also "obscure, profound," from pro- "forth" + fundus "bottom" (see fund (n.)). The lit. and fig. senses both were in L., but Eng., already having deep, primarily employed this word in its fig. sense.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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