profuse

adj, verb — 2 senses

profuse

adj

/pɹəˈfjuːs/

Etymology From Latin profusus.

1

abundant or generous to the point of excess; copious; volubly expressed.

She grew profuse amounts of zucchini and pumpkins.
profuse hospitality; profuse apologies; profuse expenditure

1 more example

On a green shadie Bank profuse of Flours1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:

Derived terms: profusely, profuseness, unprofuse

profuse

verb

Etymology From Latin profusus.

1

Obsolete To pour out; to give or spend liberally; to lavish; to squander.

Mercury, thy help hath been profused[1611?], Homer, “Book XXIV”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume I, London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:

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