pro|found´ness

pro|found´ness
pro|found «pruh FOWND», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. very deep: »

a profound sigh, a profound sleep.

2. felt strongly; very great: »

profound despair; profound sympathy.

3. going far deeper than what is easily understood; having or showing great knowledge or understanding: »

a profound book .

SYNONYM(S): abstruse, recondite.
4. carried far down; going far down; low: »

a profound bow.

–n.
1. the deep; the sea; the ocean.
2. an immeasurable abyss, as of space or time.
[Middle English profound < Old French parfond, and profond, learned borrowing from Latin profundus < prō- forth + fundus bottom]
pro|found´ly, adverb.
pro|found´ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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