PROFUNDITY

profundity, profoundness

(noun) intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc; “the depth of my feeling”; “the profoundness of the silence”

deepness, profundity, profoundness

(noun) the quality of being physically deep; “the profundity of the mine was almost a mile”

astuteness, profundity, profoundness, depth, deepness

(noun) the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas

reconditeness, abstruseness, abstrusity, profoundness, profundity

(noun) wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound; “the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

profundity (countable and uncountable, plural profundities)

The state of being profound or abstruse.

A great depth.

Deep intellect or insight.

Synonyms

• profoundness

Source: Wiktionary


Pro*fun"di*ty, n.; pl. -ties. Etym: [L. profunditas: cf. F. profondite. See Profound.]

Definition: The quality or state of being profound; depth of place, knowledge, feeling, etc. "The vast profundity obscure." Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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