profusenessn.
/prəˈfjuːsnəs/, U.S. /prəˈfjusnəs/, /proʊˈfjusnəs/ 1. The quality or state of being profuse; extravagance; abundance.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun]
overflowingnessOE
wastinga1300
prodigality1340
misdispendingc1390
misspendingc1390
fool-largessec1405
wantonness1448
fool-largec1450
dilapidationc1460
lavish1483
consuminga1538
profusion1545
sumptuosity1550
wastefulness1551
lashing1556
lavishing1574
profuseness1584
lavishness1590
misspense1591
wastening1604
outlashing1611
duck and drake1614
largesse1614
lavishment1630
squandering1632
prodigence1634
dissipation1639
wastry1645
profusiveness1655
high living1656
nepotation1656
extravagancy1666
extravagance1727
profligacy1792
squander1806
profligateness1817
wastrife1818
spendthriftism1862
wasterfulness1884
high-rolling1890
prodigalism1896
spendthriftiness1950
squanderbugging1966
the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [noun] > liberality
freedomOE
custinessOE
largesse?c1225
freeshipa1250
franchisec1325
largitya1382
largenessa1387
liberalityc1390
bountya1400
honestya1400
freenessc1400
largec1400
liberalnessc1410
munificencec1425
plentyc1425
bounteousnessc1440
magnificencec1450
bountifulness1489
bountines1512
royalty1548
magnificency?c1550
munificency?c1550
free-heartedness1583
profuseness1584
bountihead1590
lavishness1590
frankness1591
ingenuousness1611
fruitfulnessa1616
generosity1634
open-handednessa1640
large-heartedness1640
communicativeness1653
unsparingness1818
free-handedness1860
big-heartedness1872
ungrudgingness1885
two-handedness1891
outgivingness1968
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > profuseness, luxuriousness, or lushness
richness1564
profuseness1584
prodigality1597
luxury?1611
luxuritya1636
luxuriancy1648
voluptuousness1652
luxuriance1728
luxuriation1839
lavishness1859
luxuriousness1872
overflowingness1883
lushness1900
1584 T. Lodge Alarum against Vsurers sig. Aii Those who are like by ouerlauish profusenesse, to become meate for their [sc. usurers'] mouths, might be warned by this caueat.
a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) iii. ii. 11 I, That knew profusenesse of expence the parent Of wretched poverty.
1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 14 What a profuseness in eating, how his Table abounded, in what was nice as well as necessary.
1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 27. ⁋7 I was convinced that their liberality was only profuseness, that..they were equally generous to vice and virtue.
1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 11 She attributed her complaints to the profuseness of the lochial discharge.
1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. xi. 631 In no age have literary men been rewarded with such profuseness as in the reign of Louis XIV.
1911 Catholic Encycl. XII. 219/2 The profuseness of quotations in Polycarp's Epistle arises from a want of originality.
1952 Chicago Heights Star 25 Jan. i. 18/6 Slides illustrating the varigated colors, profuseness and variety of Hawaiian flowers.
1990 E. McGrath Charnel House (BNC) 220 He felt in himself a deep affront at the prodigality and profuseness of life around him.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun] > instance of
sumptuosities1587
profuseness1656
squander1709
splurge1928
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. xix. 30 One of those inconsiderate profuseness used by shallow pated Princes.
1665 E. Waterhouse Gentlemans Monitor 130 Not only..is prodigality notified by these profusenesses, but by negligence of which end goes forward, and overliness in managing what men have.
a1701 C. Sedley Poet. & Dramatic Wks. (1928) vii. 9 Thou wilt not give out of a Store, Which no Profuseness can make poor.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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