profusionn.

Brit.

/prəˈfjuːʒn/, U.S.

/prəˈfjuʒ(ə)n/,

/proʊˈfjuʒ(ə)n/

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French profusion; Latin profūsiōn-, profūsiō.

Etymology: < Middle French, French profusion abundance (1495; compare Anglo-Norman profusiun , profusioun (15th cent. or earlier)), lavish expenditure, extravagance (1580) and its etymon classical Latin profūsiōn-, profūsiō action of pouring out, lavish or immoderate spending, extravagance < profūs- , past participial stem of profundere profund v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Spanish profusión (a1448 or earlier), Italian profusione (1592).

1. The action or an act of lavish expenditure or bestowal of money, goods, etc.; extravagance, squandering. Also figurative. Now rare.

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 world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [noun] > waste

waste1297

spillingc1380

consuminga1538

profusion1545

lavishing1574

consumption1613

lavishment1630

frittering1795

uneconomicalness1817

wastry1830

wastage1885

ineconomy1897

haemorrhaging1967

1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (xi.) f. 195^v Because of his prodigalite & profusions of giftis, he might not spare other menis goodis.

1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. D3^v Which proceeded in the end to a most fatall worke, both in the profusion of blood, and treasure.

a1677 I. Barrow Of Contentm. (1685) ii. 61 We, like prodigals, fling away our estate in wanton profusions, then complain of want.

1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision Ded. p. vii To shew Himself equally remote, from a sordid Parsimony, and a lavish, inconsiderate Profusion of the good Things He is intrusted with.

1752 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 5 Mar. (1932) (modernized text) V. 1843 Be upon your guard against this idle profusion of time.

1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I II. i. 2 Charles the First has never been accused of a wanton profusion of the public wealth.

1900 Times 11 June 3/3 His random aims, his profusion of the national resources.

†2. The action of pouring out; spilling, shedding, esp. of blood; an instance of this. Cf. effusion n. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of emitting copiously > [noun]

sheddingc1200

yotingc1390

outyettingc1400

pouring?a1425

profusion1583

outpour1864

sloosh1919

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > emission > copious emission or effusion

sheddingc1200

out-hieldinga1382

yotingc1390

outyettingc1400

pouring?a1425

outpouring1440

diffusionc1484

effusion1526

infusion1563

spouting1568

profusion1583

1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke v. xxiv. 259 The incision..oftentimes..causeth great profusion of bloud.

1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xv. 200 What slaughter and havocke it caused, what profusion of bloude betweene the nobles and the commons.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 186 Some men in this extremity suffer most fearefull dreames, profusion of seed, hoarsnes of voice.

1743 tr. L. Heister Gen. Syst. Surg. I. i. 26 The effects..are generally Profusions of Blood.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 686 Cullen..has hence been obliged to transfer the whole of these [sc. hæmorrhages] to another part of his system..and to distinguish them by the feeble name of profusions, instead of by their own proper denomination.

3. The fact, condition, or quality of being profuse.

a. Wastefulness, extravagance; lavish or abundant production. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

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

custeOE

largessea1393

largitionc1475

lavish1483

enlarginga1513

effusion1514

erogation1531

dispense1590

profusion1590

Maundy1595

1590 H. Barrow Brief Discov. False Church 149 As if they whome they seeke to please be rather giuen to prodigalitie, profusion, inordinate wasting in excesse.

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxiv. iii. 854 That we might not be stinted and gaged in our excessive expenses, in our dissolute profusion, in costly vanities and superfluities.

1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 204 Those, that take away with violence, to disperse with profusion, are much more excusable.

1709 J. Swift Project Advancem. Relig. Ded. The lustre of that most Noble Family..which the unmeasurable Profusion of Ancestors for many Generations had too much eclypsed.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 105 They were entertained with the utmost Profusion, and wonderful Magnificence, after the Spanish Manner.

1848 J. R. Lowell Fable for Critics (ed. 2) 39 To hear, you're not over-particular whence, Almost Taylor's profusion, quite Latimer's sense.

1874 J. Parker Paraclete i. xiv. 224 You are amazed by the profusion which is characteristic of Nature; not merely a star here and there, but millions beyond all conceivable number.

1882 Cent. Mag. June 265/1 In the midst of her profusion she had odd accesses of stinginess.

1946 Times 17 Oct. 9/5 Such was his profusion that it is impossible here even to summarize his principal works.

b. Abundance, copious supply; (also) a very large quantity.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > profuseness, luxuriousness, or lushness > a profusion or lavish abundance

profusion1652

waste1725

1652 J. Paulet tr. P. Le Moyne Gallery Heroick Women Pref. sig. e2^v There is every where so great a profusion of Flowers.

1697 R. Blackmore King Arthur vi. 172 Choice Fruits in great Profusion lay around.

1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 184 To have furnish'd out so many glorious Palaces with such a Profusion of Pictures, Statues, and the like Ornaments.

1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. vi. 217 Her auburn tresses, that fell in profusion over her bosom.

1864 D. G. Mitchell Wet Days at Edgewood 80 Wheat was growing in profusion.

1894 R. L. Stevenson in Mag. of Art 6 275 The city leaves upon the mind no general and stable picture, but a profusion of airy and incongruous images.

1908 Westm. Gaz. 4 Feb. 4/1 The world..has been sectionised in so minute a manner as to make it necessary for a motorist to carry..a profusion of maps.

1948 Sunday Times 27 May 8/3 I was not one of the young men to whom invitation cards came in great profusion.

1995 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Apr. 15/3 To trabeate consistently you had to have good stone, such as Glasgow could call on in profusion.

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

单词	profusion
释义	profusionn. Brit. /prəˈfjuːʒn/, U.S. /prəˈfjuʒ(ə)n/, /proʊˈfjuʒ(ə)n/ Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French profusion; Latin profūsiōn-, profūsiō. Etymology: < Middle French, French profusion abundance (1495; compare Anglo-Norman profusiun , profusioun (15th cent. or earlier)), lavish expenditure, extravagance (1580) and its etymon classical Latin profūsiōn-, profūsiō action of pouring out, lavish or immoderate spending, extravagance < profūs- , past participial stem of profundere profund v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Spanish profusión (a1448 or earlier), Italian profusione (1592). 1. The action or an act of lavish expenditure or bestowal of money, goods, etc.; extravagance, squandering. Also figurative. Now rare. 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 world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [noun] > waste waste1297 spillingc1380 consuminga1538 profusion1545 lavishing1574 consumption1613 lavishment1630 frittering1795 uneconomicalness1817 wastry1830 wastage1885 ineconomy1897 haemorrhaging1967 1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (xi.) f. 195^v Because of his prodigalite & profusions of giftis, he might not spare other menis goodis. 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. D3^v Which proceeded in the end to a most fatall worke, both in the profusion of blood, and treasure. a1677 I. Barrow Of Contentm. (1685) ii. 61 We, like prodigals, fling away our estate in wanton profusions, then complain of want. 1709 G. Berkeley Ess. New Theory of Vision Ded. p. vii To shew Himself equally remote, from a sordid Parsimony, and a lavish, inconsiderate Profusion of the good Things He is intrusted with. 1752 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 5 Mar. (1932) (modernized text) V. 1843 Be upon your guard against this idle profusion of time. 1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I II. i. 2 Charles the First has never been accused of a wanton profusion of the public wealth. 1900 Times 11 June 3/3 His random aims, his profusion of the national resources. †2. The action of pouring out; spilling, shedding, esp. of blood; an instance of this. Cf. effusion n. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid which has been emitted > action or process of emitting copiously > [noun] sheddingc1200 yotingc1390 outyettingc1400 pouring?a1425 profusion1583 outpour1864 sloosh1919 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > [noun] > emission > copious emission or effusion sheddingc1200 out-hieldinga1382 yotingc1390 outyettingc1400 pouring?a1425 outpouring1440 diffusionc1484 effusion1526 infusion1563 spouting1568 profusion1583 1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke v. xxiv. 259 The incision..oftentimes..causeth great profusion of bloud. 1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xv. 200 What slaughter and havocke it caused, what profusion of bloude betweene the nobles and the commons. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 186 Some men in this extremity suffer most fearefull dreames, profusion of seed, hoarsnes of voice. 1743 tr. L. Heister Gen. Syst. Surg. I. i. 26 The effects..are generally Profusions of Blood. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. II. 686 Cullen..has hence been obliged to transfer the whole of these [sc. hæmorrhages] to another part of his system..and to distinguish them by the feeble name of profusions, instead of by their own proper denomination. 3. The fact, condition, or quality of being profuse. a. Wastefulness, extravagance; lavish or abundant production. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [noun] custeOE largessea1393 largitionc1475 lavish1483 enlarginga1513 effusion1514 erogation1531 dispense1590 profusion1590 Maundy1595 1590 H. Barrow Brief Discov. False Church 149 As if they whome they seeke to please be rather giuen to prodigalitie, profusion, inordinate wasting in excesse. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxiv. iii. 854 That we might not be stinted and gaged in our excessive expenses, in our dissolute profusion, in costly vanities and superfluities. 1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 204 Those, that take away with violence, to disperse with profusion, are much more excusable. 1709 J. Swift Project Advancem. Relig. Ded. The lustre of that most Noble Family..which the unmeasurable Profusion of Ancestors for many Generations had too much eclypsed. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 105 They were entertained with the utmost Profusion, and wonderful Magnificence, after the Spanish Manner. 1848 J. R. Lowell Fable for Critics (ed. 2) 39 To hear, you're not over-particular whence, Almost Taylor's profusion, quite Latimer's sense. 1874 J. Parker Paraclete i. xiv. 224 You are amazed by the profusion which is characteristic of Nature; not merely a star here and there, but millions beyond all conceivable number. 1882 Cent. Mag. June 265/1 In the midst of her profusion she had odd accesses of stinginess. 1946 Times 17 Oct. 9/5 Such was his profusion that it is impossible here even to summarize his principal works. b. Abundance, copious supply; (also) a very large quantity. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > profuseness, luxuriousness, or lushness > a profusion or lavish abundance profusion1652 waste1725 1652 J. Paulet tr. P. Le Moyne Gallery Heroick Women Pref. sig. e2^v There is every where so great a profusion of Flowers. 1697 R. Blackmore King Arthur vi. 172 Choice Fruits in great Profusion lay around. 1705 J. Addison Remarks Italy 184 To have furnish'd out so many glorious Palaces with such a Profusion of Pictures, Statues, and the like Ornaments. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. vi. 217 Her auburn tresses, that fell in profusion over her bosom. 1864 D. G. Mitchell Wet Days at Edgewood 80 Wheat was growing in profusion. 1894 R. L. Stevenson in Mag. of Art 6 275 The city leaves upon the mind no general and stable picture, but a profusion of airy and incongruous images. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 4 Feb. 4/1 The world..has been sectionised in so minute a manner as to make it necessary for a motorist to carry..a profusion of maps. 1948 Sunday Times 27 May 8/3 I was not one of the young men to whom invitation cards came in great profusion. 1995 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Apr. 15/3 To trabeate consistently you had to have good stone, such as Glasgow could call on in profusion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1545
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