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Profuseness   Listen
noun
Profuseness  n.  Extravagance; profusion. "Hospitality sometimes degenerates into profuseness."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Profuseness" Quotes from Famous Books



... little doubt our songsters excel in melody, while the European birds excel in profuseness and volubility. I heard many bright, animated notes and many harsh ones, but few that were melodious. This fact did not harmonize with the general drift of the rest of my observations, for one of the first things that strikes an American in Europe is the mellowness and rich tone ...
— Winter Sunshine • John Burroughs

... This shows a conventional seated figure of Harvest, with an overflowing cornucopia. At one side a child-figure bows under a load of fruit. This group also is by Albert Jaegers. Here, as in "Rain" and "Sunshine," there is a sense of fruitfulness, of profuseness, a maternal suggestion that helps to carry out the symbolism of the court. In all three of these statues, too, there is something of the nobility and massiveness that distinguish the same artist's "bull" groups across the court. All are eminently suited to the massive Roman ...
— An Art-Lovers guide to the Exposition • Shelden Cheney



Words linked to "Profuseness" :   copiousness, profusion, overgrowth, verdancy, profuse, wilderness, abundance



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