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    [Adjective]  | "pro*found" | \ prə-ˈfau̇nd \


    1: having intellectual depth and insight

    2: difficult to fathom or understand

    3: extending far below the surface


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French parfunt, profond deep, from Latin profundus, from pro- before + fundus bottom {mat|pro-|}, {mat|bottom|};

    [Noun]  | "profoundness" 


    1: the quality of being great in extent (as of insight);


      * e.g., " ... we were struck by the profoundness of his observations on the ultimate meaning of life "



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    [Adjective]  | "profound" 


    1: extreme in degree, power, or effect;


      * e.g., " ... a profound silence fell over the audience after the last note had sounded "





    2: difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand;


      * e.g., " ... a profound observation about good and evil that few listeners fully grasped "





    3: having no exceptions or restrictions;


      * e.g., " ... a profound dislike of frauds and phonies "





     [ "profound" ]

    1: Something that isn't superficial but very great and intense

      * e.g.,  ... Dean and I share a more profound bond. 

     [ "Profound" ]

    1: 1)to be deep/insightful

      * e.g.,  ... I found the preacher's sermon to be very profound and insightful, today. 


     [ "Profound" ]

    2: 2)hard to grasp/understand to the shallow mind or someone of ordinary knowledge.

      * e.g.,  ... Bob wasn't ver profound when he said, "I like beer and sex." 

     [ "profound" ]

    1: Commonly used sarcastically in response to blatantly obvious phrases.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: "Yeah. The gunshot wound was caused by a bullet." Person 2: "Profound." 

     [ "profound" ]

    1: A derogatory term used to describe people who consider themselves as being part of an intellectual or cultural elite. This phenomenon tends to manifest itself in the narcissistic manner such people dress and speak; as well as in their affectedly highbrow artistic and associational preferences.

      * e.g.,  ... guy 1) 'what's with all these anorexic, pseudo-post modern , painfully image-obsessed artistic cunts in this dingy alley? guy 2) 'it's just st jeromes dude. they're profound'. 

     [ "profounding" ]

    1: Incredibly deep in meaning. Remarkably significant A highly conscious statement

      * e.g.,  ... The young man's speech was profounding, I was very impressed. "I find the art that you create incredibly profounding. May I purchase a piece from you?" 

     [ "Profoundity" ]

    1: very profound, with a little profanity thrown in

      * e.g.,  ... "one can't accomplish shit without first dreaming it" - now that quote has some profoundity to it. 

     [ "profound" ]

    1: In statistics, when a hypothesis test produces a pvalue between .001 and .002, a rejection on the null hypothesis must be declared as a ‘profound rejection’.

      * e.g.,  ... Ho u=u2=u3 

     [ "Profound" ]

    1: If he's so profound then why doesn't he have a girlfriend?

      * e.g.,  ... Hym *Groans* "Sound like somebody has been talking to our mother..." Iam "Yeah... That sounds familiar..." Hym "Bastards... Bloody bastards. Each and every one of them... God I hate this reality..." Iam *Sigh* "This... Uh... This is a little unsettling..." Hym "Hmm...She wouldn't know 'Profound' if it clawed it's way out of her vag... Oh wait! It already happened!" 

     [ "profound bond" ]

    1: a strong connection between a hunter and his angel

      * e.g.,  ... "dean and I do share a more.... profound bond" 

     [ "Profound Intent" ]

    1: Profound meaning Great. Intent meaning a goal or mission.

      * e.g.,  ... It's my profound intent to be somebody in life. 

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