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pro⋅fu⋅sion

[pruh-fyoo-zhuhn]
–noun
1. abundance; abundant quantity.
2. a great quantity or amount (often fol. by of).
3. lavish spending; extravagance.

Origin:
1535–45; < L profūsiōn- (s. of profūsiō) a pouring out, extravagance, orig. libation; see profuse, fusion


1. copiousness, bounty. See plenty. 3. prodigality, profligacy, excess, waste.


1. scarcity.
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