profundity
/pɹəˈfʌndɪti/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.20 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The situation's profundity escaped most observers."
- "Near-synonyms: brilliance, genius"
- "Unfortunately, Andrew's colossal ego means people miss his profundity."
- "Also, he had legs which seemed to begin almost at his chest—or, rather, at his chin! Yet, for all his air of peacock-like conceit, his clothes sagged a little, and his face wore a sheepish air which might have passed for profundity."
- "Near-synonym: abyss"
- "I delved the abyssal profundities of Neptune's realm."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English profundite, from Middle French profondite or its etymon Latin profunditās; by surface analysis, prof(o)und + ity. Compare profoundness.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: profundite, profondite, profunditās