profusion
/pɹoʊˈfjuʒən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "His hair, in great profusion, streamed down over his shoulders."
- "We set the men at work felling trees, selecting for the purpose jarrah, a hard, weather-resisting timber which grew in profusion near by."
- "Although houses and factories appeared in great profusion in the 1930s, there still remain odd groups of cottages dating from an earlier and more countrified period."
- "Elegant brick and stone buildings, with iron and glass canopies and decorative wooden scalloping and fencing—all evidencing care on the part of the architect to produce a pleasing, well-planned building—were submerged beneath a profusion of ill-conceived additions and camouflaged by vulgar paint schemes; and the original conception was lost."
- "Elected leaders face a profusion of mega-pressure points these days – inflation, heat waves, high debt, or the pandemic."
Etymology
From Middle French profusion, from Late Latin profusio.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: profusion, profusio
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɹoʊˈfjuʒən/
- British English: /pɹə(ʊ)ˈfjuːʒən/