Profusion
[prə'fjuːʒ(ə)n] or [prə'fjuʒn]
Definition
(noun.) the property of being extremely abundant; 'the profusion of detail'; 'the idiomatic richness of English'.
Editor: Yvonne--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of one who is profuse; a lavishing or pouring out without sting.
(n.) Abundance; exuberant plenty; lavish supply; as, a profusion of commodities.
Editor: Zeke
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Lavishness, excess, prodigality, extravagance, waste.[2]. Abundance, exuberance.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Copiousness, prodigality, abundance, exuberance, extravagance, multitude, mass,heap, load, flood, wealth
ANT:Scarcity, economy, poverty, parsimony, drain, dole, driblet, pittance
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Examples
- The profits of it only are spent in Spain and Portugal, where they help to support the sumptuous profusion of the merchants of Cadiz and Lisbon. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- We have seen, in these old churches, a profusion of costly and elaborate sepulchre ornamentation such as we never dreampt of before. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was naturally to be expected, therefore, that folly, negligence, and profusion, should prevail in the whole management of their affairs. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Large glass doors at the lower end opened on to a terrace, beautifully ornamented along its whole length with a profusion of flowers. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Sheep-marks there were in profusion, and at one place, some miles down, cows had left their tracks. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Your profusion makes me saving; and if you lament over him much longer, my heart will be as light as a feather. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Wherever white tile is not possible, white paint is used in profusion. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When the helmet was removed, the well-formed, yet sun-burnt features of a young man of twenty-five were seen, amidst a profusion of short fair hair. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Helena had evidently inoculated her father's subjects with a love for flowers, as on every side the eye was dazzled with a profusion of bright tints. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- This report, however, was very meager and lacking in any profusion of mechanical detail. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A profusion of full-grown artificial wheat was scattered over her head in grotesque confusion. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- We should rejoice at that, for profusion means fertility; where a dead uniformity ceases, invention and ingenuity flourish. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The hair was to fall over the neck and face in a profusion of careless ringlets, and, inside my vest, an Indian amber-coloured hankerchief. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- No accumulation could have supported so great an annual profusion. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Such nations are always strangers to every sort of luxury, and great wealth can scarce ever be dissipated among them by improvident profusion. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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