Crossword clues for profuseness
profuseness
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Profuseness \Pro*fuse"ness\, n. Extravagance; profusion.
Hospitality sometimes degenerates into profuseness.
--Atterbury.
Wiktionary
n. The quality of being profuse; profusion
WordNet
n. the property of being extremely abundant [syn: profusion, richness, cornucopia]
Usage examples of "profuseness".
The evaporation from the surface is so rapid that one can hardly appreciate the profuseness of the perspiration going on.
However, what she withheld from the infant, she bestowed with the utmost profuseness on the poor unknown mother, whom she called an impudent slut, a wanton hussy, an audacious harlot, a wicked jade, a vile strumpet, with every other appellation with which the tongue of virtue never fails to lash those who bring a disgrace on the sex.
The profuseness of the illuminations outdid the brightness of the meridian sun.
If Imogen had been struck with the profuseness of the illumination, the richness of the plate, the sumptuousness of the viands and the wines, and the fragrant clouds of incense that filled the apartment, how much more were they calculated to astonish the soul of Edwin!
He could not but be struck with the beauty of the nymphs, he could not but be surprised with the profuseness of the entertainment, and the richness of the preparations.