profuseadj.

Brit.

/prəˈfjuːs/, U.S.

/prəˈfjus/,

/proʊˈfjus/

Forms: late Middle English– profuse, 1500s perfuse.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin profūsus.

Etymology: < classical Latin profūsus immoderate, extravagant, lavish, copious, excessive, use as adjective of past participle of profundere profund v. Compare Middle French, French profus (1478), Spanish profuso (late 15th cent. or earlier), Portuguese profuso (a1569), Italian profuso (15th cent.).

1. That expends, gives, or produces something in abundance; lavish, extravagant, liberal to excess. Usually with in.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adjective]

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outragea1400

riotousc1405

sumptuousa1425

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profuse?a1475

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profligate1718

dispendious1727

wastry1791

wasterful1821

wastrife1822

prodigalish1857

high-rolling1890

wastrel1896

the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [adjective]

custyeOE

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princely1889

outgiving1896

sharing1922

two-handed1929

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1879) VII. 119 (MED) He was..profuse [a1387 J. Trevisa translated large; Latin profusus] in makynge festes.

1584 T. Lodge Alarum against Vsurers sig. Aii Philip..made him as lauish in commending, as once he was profuse in discommending.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. i. iv. ii. 301 Many againe are in that other extreame too profuse, suspitious and jelous of their health, too apt to take Physick vpon euery small occasion.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 286 On a green shadie Bank profuse of Flours.

1729 B. Franklin Modest Enq. 10 Working Men..are thereby induced to be more profuse and extravagant in fine Apparel.

1777 H. L. Piozzi Diary 28 May in K. C. Balderston Thraliana (1942) I. 26 Honeysuckle..profuse of its Fragrance and pirfuming the Air all around.

1845 R. Browning Let. in Lett. R. Browning & E. B. Barrett (1899) I. 245 Mr. Forster came yesterday and was very profuse of graciosities.

1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. i. 11 He was..somewhat too open-handed and profuse in his ordinary expenditure.

1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel iii. 28 Mr. Jellyband..was profuse in his bows and welcomes.

1922 Times 16 Nov. 9/4 Mr. Lloyd George..may fairly be described as having been most profuse in the distribution of honours.

1975 Speculum 50 490 Dominique Sourdel is agreeably profuse about the Islamic world.

2004 Wall St. Jrnl. 7 June (Central ed.) b1/1 The company essentially copped to what I had discovered and was profuse in its mea culpas.

2. Abundant, copious; (in early use) excessive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > profuse, luxurious, or lush

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profused1608

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lush1851

1542 T. Becon Pleasaunt Newe Nosegaye sig. Bvi^v Dyd not he deplore & lamente euen with profuse & moost large teares theyr obstinate blyndenes?

1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 22 The sky-perfuming prayers, & profuse sacrificatory expences of ful-hand oblationers.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. xliii. 253 Dioclesian..made al his power for Gallia, against his Concurrent Carinus, a man of profuse sensualitie.

a1655 N. L'Estrange in W. J. Thoms Anecd. & Trad. (1839) 79 The whole court fell into a most profuse laughter.

1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) vi This lady glories in profuse expence.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. i. 392 The clergy could derive advantage from this immense surplus in no other way than by employing it..in the most profuse hospitality.

1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 207 Profuse sweating, great debility and loss of appetite, had begun to take place.

1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. ii. iii. 471 When pulmonary hemorrhage..is profuse,..the symptoms and prospects are in the highest degree grave.

1904 Westm. Gaz. 21 Jan. 2/1 Not even the profuse distribution of Birmingham leaflet literature can alter this fact.

1959 M. Renault Charioteer (new ed.) vi. 132 With rapid but profuse detail he sketched the..eccentricities of the man who had just gone.

2002 Trav. Afr. Winter 55/3 Aquatic birds—predictably profuse—include the shoebill.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

profusev.

Brit.

/prəˈfjuːz/, U.S.

/prəˈfjuz/,

/proʊˈfjuz/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin profūs-, profundere.

Etymology: < classical Latin profūs-, past participial stem of profundere profund v. Compare slightly earlier profused adj. and earlier profuse adj., profusedly adv., profusely adv.

transitive. To expend, give, or produce freely or copiously; to pour forth; to lavish, squander.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > squander [verb (transitive)]

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scatter1154

dispend1303

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misspendc1390

miswastec1400

consumec1425

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squander1593

confound1598

to make ducks and drakes of or withc1600

prodigalize1611

profuse1611

squander1611

paddle1616

bezzle1617

to run out of ——1622

to piss away1628

prodigal1628

decoct1629

to bangle (away)1632

debauch1632

deboise1632

to fribble away1633

to fool out1635

to run outa1640

to fiddle away1667

slattera1681

dissipate1682

to play off1693

duck-and-drake1700

liquidate1702

sparkle away1703

waster1821

befool1861

to frivol away1866

to play (at) duck and drake with1872

to fling away1873

mislive1887

slather1904

mucker1928

profligate1938

peter1956

spaff2002

the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > give liberally [verb (transitive)]

enlargissec1430

transfude?a1475

enlargea1492

heap1574

showerc1595

profuse1611

enumerate1717

prodigalize1836

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > waste

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to fool away1628

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to fribble away1633

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to fiddle away1667

wantonize1673

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swattle1681

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to muddle away1707

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sot1746

slattern1747

meisle1808

fritter1820

waster1821

slobber1837

to cut to waste1863

fringe1863

potter1883

putter1911

profligate1938

to piddle away1942

haemorrhage1978

spaff2002

the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of emitting copiously > emit copiously [verb (transitive)]

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > copiously > in or as in a stream

runeOE

ayetOE

yetOE

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1611 R. Chester Ann. Great Brit. 167 Be lauish once, and plenteously profuse Your holy waters.

a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) i. iii. §1 Man snatch'd..a new way of profusing his life by Martyrdome.

1660 G. Mackenzie Aretina Contin. 422 He had..profused so his tears, as that he seemed to wash the place whereon her Statue stood.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 260. ⁋1 If I had laid out that which I profused in Luxury and Wantonness, in Acts of Generosity or Charity.

1771 J. Foot Penseroso ii. 84 With these [waters] profused is drown'd the suff'ring earth.

1824 M. Blennerhassett Widow of Rock & Other Poems 162 The wilds where all magnificent and vast Proclaimed that nature here profused her grandest cast.

1868 De Bow's Rev. Sept. 786 The doctrines most praised at the South were profused at the North by parties who never put the same practical construction on these doctrines.

1969 Internat. Organization 23 656 Nor..do I propose to weary further that tired phrase ‘the rule of law’ or to add to the rhetoric it has profused.

2005 Applied Econ. (Nexis) 37 293 It would reveal a greater level of efforts profused by founders in order to set tip their firm.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	profuse
释义	profuseadj. Brit. /prəˈfjuːs/, U.S. /prəˈfjus/, /proʊˈfjus/ Forms: late Middle English– profuse, 1500s perfuse. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin profūsus. Etymology: < classical Latin profūsus immoderate, extravagant, lavish, copious, excessive, use as adjective of past participle of profundere profund v. Compare Middle French, French profus (1478), Spanish profuso (late 15th cent. or earlier), Portuguese profuso (a1569), Italian profuso (15th cent.). 1. That expends, gives, or produces something in abundance; lavish, extravagant, liberal to excess. Usually with in. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adjective] largea1225 fool-largec1325 costlewa1387 outragea1400 riotousc1405 sumptuousa1425 superfluea1425 prodigatec1429 profuse?a1475 lavishc1475 prodigalc1485 prodiga1492 prodigaleousa1500 superfluous1531 wasteful1538 costly?1555 prodigal1570 overlavish1573 squandering1589 lavishing1598 spenseful1600 expenseful1605 spendthrift1607 spendful1611 dingthrifty1615 impendious1623 expensive1628 unthriftya1631 spendthrifty1642 flush1703 extravagant1711 profligate1718 dispendious1727 wastry1791 wasterful1821 wastrife1822 prodigalish1857 high-rolling1890 wastrel1896 the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [adjective] custyeOE room-handeda1200 largea1225 free?c1225 plenteousc1350 bounteousc1374 liberalc1384 free-hearteda1398 ungnedea1400 royalc1405 opena1425 plentifula1475 profuse?a1475 ungrighta1475 lavishc1475 almifluent1477 prodigous1477 frank1484 bountiful1508 largifluent?a1525 munificent1565 magnificent1577 largeous1583 munifical1583 magnifical1586 free-handed1592 frolic1593 open-handed1593 magnific?1594 prodigal1595 goodwillya1598 communicativea1602 real1602 prodig1605 unniggard1605 generous1615 open-hearteda1617 large-handeda1628 unniggardly1628 fluent1633 profusive1638 numerous1655 largifical1656 insordid1660 unsparing1667 dispensive1677 expensive1678 wasteful1701 flush1703 unboundeda1704 genteel1741 munific1745 magnifique1751 ungrudginga1774 unstinting1845 brickish1860 flaithulach1876 princely1889 outgiving1896 sharing1922 two-handed1929 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1879) VII. 119 (MED) He was..profuse [a1387 J. Trevisa translated large; Latin profusus] in makynge festes. 1584 T. Lodge Alarum against Vsurers sig. Aii Philip..made him as lauish in commending, as once he was profuse in discommending. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. i. iv. ii. 301 Many againe are in that other extreame too profuse, suspitious and jelous of their health, too apt to take Physick vpon euery small occasion. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost viii. 286 On a green shadie Bank profuse of Flours. View more context for this quotation 1729 B. Franklin Modest Enq. 10 Working Men..are thereby induced to be more profuse and extravagant in fine Apparel. 1777 H. L. Piozzi Diary 28 May in K. C. Balderston Thraliana (1942) I. 26 Honeysuckle..profuse of its Fragrance and pirfuming the Air all around. 1845 R. Browning Let. in Lett. R. Browning & E. B. Barrett (1899) I. 245 Mr. Forster came yesterday and was very profuse of graciosities. 1868 E. Edwards Life Sir W. Ralegh I. i. 11 He was..somewhat too open-handed and profuse in his ordinary expenditure. 1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel iii. 28 Mr. Jellyband..was profuse in his bows and welcomes. 1922 Times 16 Nov. 9/4 Mr. Lloyd George..may fairly be described as having been most profuse in the distribution of honours. 1975 Speculum 50 490 Dominique Sourdel is agreeably profuse about the Islamic world. 2004 Wall St. Jrnl. 7 June (Central ed.) b1/1 The company essentially copped to what I had discovered and was profuse in its mea culpas. 2. Abundant, copious; (in early use) excessive. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > profuse, luxurious, or lush ranka1325 exuberanta1513 profuse1542 lavish1576 profused1608 redundant1621 luxuriant1625 luxurious1644 lush1851 1542 T. Becon Pleasaunt Newe Nosegaye sig. Bvi^v Dyd not he deplore & lamente euen with profuse & moost large teares theyr obstinate blyndenes? 1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 22 The sky-perfuming prayers, & profuse sacrificatory expences of ful-hand oblationers. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. vi. xliii. 253 Dioclesian..made al his power for Gallia, against his Concurrent Carinus, a man of profuse sensualitie. a1655 N. L'Estrange in W. J. Thoms Anecd. & Trad. (1839) 79 The whole court fell into a most profuse laughter. 1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) vi This lady glories in profuse expence. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. i. 392 The clergy could derive advantage from this immense surplus in no other way than by employing it..in the most profuse hospitality. View more context for this quotation 1802 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 8 207 Profuse sweating, great debility and loss of appetite, had begun to take place. 1876 J. S. Bristowe Treat. Theory & Pract. Med. ii. iii. 471 When pulmonary hemorrhage..is profuse,..the symptoms and prospects are in the highest degree grave. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 21 Jan. 2/1 Not even the profuse distribution of Birmingham leaflet literature can alter this fact. 1959 M. Renault Charioteer (new ed.) vi. 132 With rapid but profuse detail he sketched the..eccentricities of the man who had just gone. 2002 Trav. Afr. Winter 55/3 Aquatic birds—predictably profuse—include the shoebill. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). profusev. Brit. /prəˈfjuːz/, U.S. /prəˈfjuz/, /proʊˈfjuz/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin profūs-, profundere. Etymology: < classical Latin profūs-, past participial stem of profundere profund v. Compare slightly earlier profused adj. and earlier profuse adj., profusedly adv., profusely adv. transitive. To expend, give, or produce freely or copiously; to pour forth; to lavish, squander. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > squander [verb (transitive)] forspendc893 scatter1154 dispend1303 waste1340 misspendc1390 miswastec1400 consumec1425 waste1474 profund1527 lasha1535 prodige1538 lavish1542 to play away1562 riot1566 embezzle1578 dilapidate1590 squander1593 confound1598 to make ducks and drakes of or withc1600 prodigalize1611 profuse1611 squander1611 paddle1616 bezzle1617 to run out of ——1622 to piss away1628 prodigal1628 decoct1629 to bangle (away)1632 debauch1632 deboise1632 to fribble away1633 to fool out1635 to run outa1640 to fiddle away1667 slattera1681 dissipate1682 to play off1693 duck-and-drake1700 liquidate1702 sparkle away1703 waster1821 befool1861 to frivol away1866 to play (at) duck and drake with1872 to fling away1873 mislive1887 slather1904 mucker1928 profligate1938 peter1956 spaff2002 the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > give liberally [verb (transitive)] enlargissec1430 transfude?a1475 enlargea1492 heap1574 showerc1595 profuse1611 enumerate1717 prodigalize1836 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [verb (transitive)] > waste spilla1000 scatter1154 aspilla1250 rospa1325 waste1340 spend1390 consumec1425 waste1474 miswenda1500 forsumea1510 to cast away1530 to throw away1561 embezzle1578 squander1593 palter1595 profuse1611 squander1611 ravel1614 sport1622 to fool away1628 to stream out1628 to fribble away1633 sweal1655 frisk1665 to fiddle away1667 wantonize1673 slattera1681 swattle1681 drivel1686 swatter1690 to muddle away1707 squander1717 sot1746 slattern1747 meisle1808 fritter1820 waster1821 slobber1837 to cut to waste1863 fringe1863 potter1883 putter1911 profligate1938 to piddle away1942 haemorrhage1978 spaff2002 the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of emitting copiously > emit copiously [verb (transitive)] outyeta1400 effundc1420 shed1430 diffude?a1475 skail1513 effuse1526 diffuse1541 flow1550 outwell1590 spend1602 pour1604 exfuse1612 effude1634 profund1657 efflux1669 profuse1771 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > emit > copiously > in or as in a stream runeOE ayetOE yetOE hieldc1200 pourc1330 bleed1377 spouta1398 wella1398 outyeta1400 wellc1400 effundc1420 streama1425 shed1430 diffude?a1475 skail1513 peera1522 effuse1526 diffuse1541 flow1550 gusha1555 outpoura1560 brew1581 outwell1590 spend1602 spin1610 exfuse1612 guttera1618 effude1634 disembogue1641 profund1657 efflux1669 decant1742 profuse1771 sluice1859 1611 R. Chester Ann. Great Brit. 167 Be lauish once, and plenteously profuse Your holy waters. a1631 J. Donne Βιαθανατος (1647) i. iii. §1 Man snatch'd..a new way of profusing his life by Martyrdome. 1660 G. Mackenzie Aretina Contin. 422 He had..profused so his tears, as that he seemed to wash the place whereon her Statue stood. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 260. ⁋1 If I had laid out that which I profused in Luxury and Wantonness, in Acts of Generosity or Charity. 1771 J. Foot Penseroso ii. 84 With these [waters] profused is drown'd the suff'ring earth. 1824 M. Blennerhassett Widow of Rock & Other Poems 162 The wilds where all magnificent and vast Proclaimed that nature here profused her grandest cast. 1868 De Bow's Rev. Sept. 786 The doctrines most praised at the South were profused at the North by parties who never put the same practical construction on these doctrines. 1969 Internat. Organization 23 656 Nor..do I propose to weary further that tired phrase ‘the rule of law’ or to add to the rhetoric it has profused. 2005 Applied Econ. (Nexis) 37 293 It would reveal a greater level of efforts profused by founders in order to set tip their firm. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.?a1475v.1611
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