profuse
adjective/prəˈfjuːs/
/prəˈfjuːs/
- produced in large amounts
- profuse apologies/thanks
- profuse bleeding
Oxford Collocations DictionaryProfuse is used with these nouns:- apology
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘extravagant’): from Latin profusus ‘lavish, spread out’, past participle of profundere, from pro- ‘forth’ + fundere ‘pour’.Definitions on the go
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