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profuse adjective [ prəˈfjuːs ]

• (especially of something offered or discharged) very plentiful; abundant.
• "I offered my profuse apologies"
Similar: copious, prolific, abundant, ample, extravagant, lavish, liberal, unstinting, fulsome, effusive, gushing, immoderate, unrestrained, excessive, inordinate, over the top, gushy,
Origin: late Middle English (in the sense ‘extravagant’): from Latin profusus ‘lavish, spread out’, past participle of profundere, from pro- ‘forth’ + fundere ‘pour’.


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