profusion
noun /prəˈfjuːʒn/
/prəˈfjuːʒn/
[singular + singular or plural verb, uncountable] (formal or literary)- a very large quantity of something synonym abundance
- a profusion of colours
- in profusion Roses grew in profusion against the old wall.
Word Originmid 16th cent.: via French from Latin profusio(n-), from profundere ‘pour out’. Early use expressed the senses ‘extravagance’, ‘squandering’, and ‘waste’.