Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Profuse; lavish; prodigal.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Profuse; lavish; prodigal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete
profuse ;lavish ;prodigal
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word profusive.
Examples
-
A certain monstrumologist who was close to him politely suggested the smell was being absorbed by his profusive muttonchops, and perhaps he should shave.
The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010
-
A certain monstrumologist who was close to him politely suggested the smell was being absorbed by his profusive muttonchops, and perhaps he should shave.
The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010
-
A certain monstrumologist who was close to him politely suggested the smell was being absorbed by his profusive muttonchops, and perhaps he should shave.
The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010
-
Such as: "We want to do a Moist comic," Whedon said, referring to Horrible's friend-in-crime, who made it into the Henchman's Union; his ability is to dampen things, as evidenced by his profusive sweating.
-
I've never smoked, but used to have several friends who did, and while their habit didn't bother me when they were off elsewhere, long periods of time in the company of profusive smokers always made me nauseous and triggered a recurring nightmare of being trapped in a small room slowly dying of asphixiation.
Archive 2005-12-01 Alistair Myles 2005
-
I've never smoked, but used to have several friends who did, and while their habit didn't bother me when they were off elsewhere, long periods of time in the company of profusive smokers always made me nauseous and triggered a recurring nightmare of being trapped in a small room slowly dying of asphixiation.
In abstinentia Alistair Myles 2005
-
To them you will always be the little boy who forgot to write profusive thanks for the half-a-crown they gave you when you first went to school.
Over the Fireside with Silent Friends Richard King 1913
-
Had Moyers made such a statement about Blacks or Muslims, he would have been fired within 5 minutes making it, followed by profusive apologies from PBS management.
Sultan Knish 2009
-
Had Moyers made such a statement about Blacks or Muslims, he would have been fired within 5 minutes making it, followed by profusive apologies from PBS management.
Sultan Knish 2009
-
Sobs they sighdid at Fillagain’s chrissormiss wake, all the hoolivans of the nation, prostrated in their consternation and their duodisimally profusive plethora of ululation.
Finnegans Wake 2006
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.