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profundity

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pro⋅fun⋅di⋅ty

  [pruh-fuhn-di-tee]
–noun, plural -ties for 2, 3.
1. the quality or state of being profound; depth.
2. Usually, profundities. profound or deep matters.
3. a profoundly deep place; abyss.
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Origin:
1375–1425; late ME profundite < LL profunditās. See profound, -ity
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pro·fun·di·ty   (prə-fŭn'dĭ-tē, prō-)   
n.   pl. pro·fun·di·ties

  1. Great depth.

  2. Depth of intellect, feeling, or meaning.

  3. Something profound or abstruse.


[Middle English profundite, from Old French, from Late Latin profunditās, from Latin profundus, deep; see profound.]
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