143: profuse Apr 30, 2015
Word Facts offers profuse apologies for its recent slacking.
Just teasing, Word Facts is ever excellent (simply trying to include today's word in a sentence). The word 'profuse' means "exuberantly plentiful", but it used to mean "poured out or given freely, often to the point of exaggeration or excess". Although this definition is not extremely different, it makes the reasoning easier to understand when looking at the derivation: this word comes from the Latin 'pro-' meaning ‘forth’, and 'fundere' which means ‘to pour.'
Just teasing, Word Facts is ever excellent (simply trying to include today's word in a sentence). The word 'profuse' means "exuberantly plentiful", but it used to mean "poured out or given freely, often to the point of exaggeration or excess". Although this definition is not extremely different, it makes the reasoning easier to understand when looking at the derivation: this word comes from the Latin 'pro-' meaning ‘forth’, and 'fundere' which means ‘to pour.'