profound
pronunciation
How to pronounce profound in British English:
UK [prəˈfaʊnd]
How to pronounce profound in American English:
US [prəˈfaʊnd]
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- Adjective:
- showing intellectual penetration or emotional depths; from the depths of your being
- of the greatest intensity; complete
- far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something
- coming from deep within one
- (of sleep) deep and complete
- situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed
Word Origin
- profound (adj.)
- c. 1300, "characterized by intellectual depth," from Old French profund (12c., Modern French profond), from Latin profundus "deep, bottomless, vast," also "obscure; profound; immoderate," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + fundus "bottom" (see fund (n.)). The literal and figurative senses both were in Latin, but English, having already deep, employed this word primarily in its figurative sense. Related: Profoundly.