profuse

From Latin profusus.

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈfjuːs/

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• Rhymes: -uːs

profuse (comparative more profuse, superlative most profuse)

1. In great quantity or abundance; liberal or generous to the point of excess.

   She grew profuse amounts of zucchini and pumpkins.

   profuse hospitality; profuse apologies; profuse expenditure

   • (Can we date this quote?) John Milton

     a green, shady bank, profuse of flowers

profuse (third-person singular simple present profuses, present participle profusing, simple past and past participle profused)

1. (obsolete) To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chapman to this entry?)

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.fyz/
• Homophone: profuses

profuse

1. feminine singular of profus

profuse

1. third-person singular past historic of profondere

profuse f

1. plural of profuso

profūse

1. vocative masculine singular of profūsus

• profuse in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• profuse in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• profuse in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette