单词 | profundity |
释义 | profundityn. 1. a. The quality of being deep; great or vast depth. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [noun] > great or considerable depth deepnessc1384 lownessa1387 profundity?a1425 profoundness1509 depth1526 lowth1526 hownessa1605 profunditudec1616 profundeur1658 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun] > manifestation of respect > bowing, kneeling, or curtseying > a bow or curtsey > extreme lowness (of a bow) profundity1878 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 103v Dislocacioun of þis iuncture is signified..by comon signez þat ar eminence & profounditee [?c1425 Paris depenesse] or vnwont concauitee. 1566 I. A. tr. Pliny Hist. World xvi. sig. Hiiij Esculus..is a tree, that hath such profunditie or deepenesse in the earth, as it hath aboue the ground in height. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey iv. 233 The ditch..of an incredible profunditie. 1661 P. Jenkin Amorea 11 The dangers of the Seas Profundity. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 33 How striking the profundity of the abysses! 1843 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters I. 186 We can plunge far and farther, and without stay or end, into the profundity of space. 1878 W. Besant & J. Rice By Celia's Arbour I. xvii. 248 With another bow of greater profundity than would have become an Englishman. 1891 G. H. Kingsley in Field 10 Jan. 39/2 Some have to be contented with the second ratedness of a swirly hole, as against the profundity of Lake Superior. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xvii. [Ithaca] 624 What in water..did Bloom admire?.. Its unplumbed profundity in the Sundam trench of the Pacific exceeding 8.000 fathoms. 1995 Sunday Times (Nexis) 1 Jan. This water..is uncannily, shiveringly deep, and queer things live in its ice-cold profundity. b. A very deep place, an abyss; the deepest part or parts of something. Also figurative. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [noun] > great or considerable depth > deep place, part, or thing piteOE bottomOE swallowa1100 profundity?a1425 abysmc1475 bisme1483 gulfa1533 abyss1538 fathom1608 profound1640 a well of a1843 subterranean1912 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Hunterian) f. 53v Foure notabel sinewes..passynge þoruȝ þe profundite oþer depnesse [v.r. profounde; L. profundum] of þe bodie..beren felinge and meuynge to alle þe armes. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 59 The wyndes respirenge and restenge in the profundite [L. in profundum] of hit [sc. the ocean]. 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man sig. Cii v There are certaine Circular Processes, which augment the profundities of such Celes as are largely excaued. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 192 A great square profunditie, greene, and uneuen at the bottome, into which a barren spring doth drill. a1667 P. Mundy Trav. (1914) II. xii. 168 There is a profunditie on it, with a mouth like a well, whereinto..theie turne condemned persons. 1714 S. Cobb News from both Univ. 23 The Man apply'd his Instrument..To view the vast Profundity. ?1790 T. Taylor Diss. Eleusinian & Bacchic Mysteries 108 The soul having sunk into the profundities of a material nature. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. i. 4 She sold tape, thread,..and such feminine gear, to those who had the courage and skill to descend to the profundity of her dwelling. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick lxxxvi. 375 Out of the bottomless profundities the gigantic tail seems spasmodically snatching at the highest heaven. 1904 W. James in Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 1 533 I propose, therefore..to throw my description into the bubbling vat of publicity where..it will eventually either disappear from notice, or else..quietly subside to the profundities. 1959 P. O'Brian Unknown Shore x. 189 He had come from a very deep sleep, floating up to the surface, as it were, from the bottom of some dark profundity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [noun] deepnessa1000 subtletya1387 difficultyc1405 mistiheadc1425 darknessc1450 obscurity1474 profoundnessc1475 obscureness1509 profundity1559 perplexity1563 opacity1575 darksomeness1583 perplexednessa1586 deptha1593 spinosity1605 abstruseness1628 abstrusity1649 inevidence1673 enigmaticalness1684 dark1699 indistinctness1704 confusion1729 reconditeness1779 obfuscity1832 oracularity1840 irrecognizability1847 recondity1856 unrecognizableness1865 crypticity1892 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > high intelligence, genius > [noun] > breadth, depth, strength of intellect strengthOE largenessa1382 profoundnessc1475 breadth1532 profundity1559 amplitude1575 deptha1593 powerfulnessc1595 universality1605 fathoma1616 spaciousness1657 comprehensiveness1683 grasp1683 altitudo1933 1559 W. Cuningham Cosmogr. Glasse i. f. 39 You must..imagine à streight line, to be the forsaid axe tree, (as also the Circles of which we haue intreatid, beyng voide of Latitude, and Profunditie). 1571 T. Digges in L. Digges's Geom. Pract.: Pantometria xi. sig. Y iij v A right angled Quadrangular direct Prisma, hauing for his longitude, latitude and profunditie these three lines. 1625 N. Carpenter Geogr. Delineated ii. vii. 104 The Depth or Profundity is the distance betwixt the Bottome and the Superficies of the Water. 1696 J. Edwards Demonstr. Existence God ii. vi. 122 Its Longitude was..tenfold to its Profundity. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique An Instrument to Gage or Measure the Profundity or Quantity of any Water. 1763 J. Fielding Universal Mentor 145 A body is that, which hath latitude, profundity, and longitude. 1832 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 2) II. 181 That there is life at much greater profundities in warmer regions may be confidently inferred. 2. a. Great wisdom or knowledge; acuteness of insight. Also: an insightful observation or idea. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > wisdom, sagacity > [noun] righteousnesseOE snoterc950 witnessc950 wisdomOE insightc1175 witc1175 smeighnessc1200 sleighta1300 witternessa1300 inwitc1305 wittiheadc1315 wisenessc1320 witterheda1325 wisehede1340 slyness1357 sapience1377 wisdomhood138. prudencea1382 sapienta1400 sentencec1400 advice?a1439 sophyc1440 profunditya1500 wittiness1543 Minerva1601 depth1605 Sophia1649 visionariness1817 a1500 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi (Trin. Dublin) (1893) 149 Thou..art..þe hyenes of lif, þe profundite [L. profunditas] of scriptures. 1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. nn.iiijv He is the profoundyte of thyn inenarrable wysdome. 1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. Av Which lies couched most closely vnder darke fables profunditie. 1679 C. Ness Distinct Disc. Antichrist 134 It causeth me to admire the profoundity of the scripture. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 278 To incourage you in the profundity of your craft. View more context for this quotation 1758 T. Blacklock Let. 23 Aug. in J. E. Tierney Corr. R. Dodsley (1988) 365 From the profundity & extent of his learning, it wou'd be hard to perswade one that he had ever been out of the closet. 1788 R. Cumberland Observer IV. cx. 155 In one we may respect the profundity of learning, in the other we must admire the sublimity of genius. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xv. 151 The Captain..with an air of wisdom and profundity..applied himself to the consideration of the subject. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets vii. 198 The admiration which every student of Sophocles must feel for the profundity of his design. 1921 J. Galsworthy To Let 33 With the profundity of one not too long for any age, Jolyon perceived that under slightly different surfaces the era was precisely what it had been. 1946 Time 28 Jan. 29/2 Heidegger's ultimately cynical subjectivism rather than the Danish prophet's [sc. Kierkegaard's] Christian profundity determined Sartre's concept of man's responsibility. 2000 Time Out 26 Jan. 100/3 As a self-referential work it lacks the layering and the profundity of, for example, Tristram Shandy. b. In plural. Matters requiring great knowledge or wisdom to be understood; the essential truths, mysteries, or problems of a particular field of knowledge. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [noun] > instance of subtletya1387 obscurity1495 difficulty?1504 ambage1520 profundities1582 abstrusity1632 concavity1650 mysterious1836 oracularity1840 Pickwickianism1860 in-reference1967 1582 Bible (Rheims) 1 Cor. ii. 10 The Spirit searcheth al things, yea the profoundities of God [L. profunda Dei]. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. iii. 330 I am..not able to diue into these profundities, not able to vnderstand, much lesse to discusse. 1661 J. Glanvill Vanity of Dogmatizing xxii. 214 We must have a full prospect into the whole Archidoxis of Nature's secrets, and the immense profundities of occult Philosophy. 1701 S. Nye Doctr. Holy Trinity 142 This Book treats of the Profundities of the Kabbala. 1775 P. Duigenan Pranceriana 81 You have been able..to fathom the profundities of ancient literature. 1830 W. J. Snelling Tales of Northwest 200 We pretend not to expound the freaks of passion, any more than the profundities of philosophy. 1895 Argosy Sept. 580/2 The profundities of the differential and integral calculus..are pleasure to a mentality of his grasp and concentration. 1930 Clearfield (Pa.) Progress 8 Aug. 11/1 In the simple, beautiful and natural story of Hannah,..we impinge upon the profundities which transcend book-taught knowledge. 2002 G. Ward in O. Davies & D. Turner Silence & Word viii. 159 In a world in which mathematics map the profundities of what is real, the world of words has shrunk. 3. Great depth or extent of a state, quality, or emotion; intensity. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > intense emotion > [noun] > intensity or depth strengthOE deepnessc1175 inliheadc1450 profundity1565 depth1597 keenness1600 profoundness1612 poignancy1745 poignance1812 intensity1830 inwardness1836 the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [noun] highnesseOE strengthOE altitude?a1475 vehemence1535 vehemency1546 profundity1565 height1601 profoundness1612 depth1624 intensenessa1631 exquisiteness1650 eminence1651 intensivenessa1656 intensity1665 1565 J. Hall tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. ii. x. 22 In thys thynge is..tremblyng of the harte, with profundity, or depenesse of sleape. 1622 J. Reynolds Triumphs Gods Revenge: 2nd Bk. x. 162 His [grief] hypocriticall and faigned, as derived from the profundity of his malice and revenge towards him. 1659 E. Reynolds Misery of Deserted People 3 Profundity of desperate wickedness, as that of Gibeah. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) II. 75 The profundity of our own ignorance. 1832 L. Hunt Sir Ralph Esher I. vii. 152 The profundity of his admiration. 1882 Ballou's Monthly Mag. Aug. 145/2 The impecunious are quotidianly depleted to a greater profundity of impecuniosity. 1904 J. London Sea-wolf xxxviii. 356 That intelligence..knew only itself and the vastness and profundity of the quiet and the dark. 1948 Council Bluffs (Iowa) Nonpareil 4 Sept. 4/2 The profundity of his dedication to the principles enunciated by his Master made him an unexcelled mentor. 2004 Daily Variety (Nexis) 27 Feb. 8 We want at least a communicated profundity of feeling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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