profound
/pɹəˈfaʊnd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to great depth; deep.
adj
Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough.
adj
adj
Bending low, exhibiting or expressing deep humility; lowly; submissive.
Example Sentences
- "A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog"
- "a profound investigation"
- "a profound scholar"
- "profound wisdom"
- "Where no motives of interest or pride intervene, none can equal them for profound and philosophical views of society, …."
- "The most superficial phenomena are sometimes the most profound. Let us begin our analysis of [bourgeois] society … with the appearance of the clothes its members wore …."
Etymology
From Middle English profound, profounde, from Anglo-Norman profound, from Old French profont, profonde, from Latin profundus (“deep, profound”), from prō + fundus (“bottom; foundation”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *per-, profound, profont, profundus
Usage
Inflected Forms
more profound (comparative)
profounder (comparative)
most profound (superlative)
profoundest (superlative)
profounds (present, singular)
profounding (participle, present)
profounded (participle, past)
profounded (past)