profusion
noun
[ prəˈfjuːʒ(ə)n ]
• an abundance or large quantity of something.
• "a rich profusion of flowers"
Similar:
abundance,
lot,
mass,
host,
plenitude,
cornucopia,
riot,
plethora,
superfluity,
superabundance,
glut,
surplus,
surfeit,
quantities,
scores,
millions,
multitude,
sea,
wealth,
lots,
heaps,
masses,
stacks,
piles,
loads,
bags,
mountains,
tons,
oodles,
shedload,
swag,
nimiety,
Origin:
mid 16th century: via French from Latin profusio(n- ), from profundere ‘pour out’. Early use expressed the senses ‘extravagance’, ‘squandering’, and ‘waste’.
