Profundity Definition

prə-fŭndĭ-tē, prō-
profundities
noun
profundities
Intellectual depth.
Webster's New World
Intensity of feeling or conviction.
American Heritage
Depth, esp. great depth.
Webster's New World
A profound idea, matter, etc.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Profundity

Noun

Singular:
profundity
Plural:
profundities

Origin of Profundity

  • Middle English profundite from Old French from Late Latin profunditās from Latin profundus deep profound

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin profunditās. Compare profoundness.

    From Wiktionary

Profundity Sentence Examples

  • Even the disciples of Jesus could not grasp the simplicity and profundity of his message; still less could his opponents.

  • But as to the greatness of his work, the profundity of his philosophy and the brilliance of his religious idealism, there can be no question.

  • As a whole, the Avesta, for profundity of thought and beauty, stands on a lower level than the Old Testament.

  • The sonatas which he wrote for them have astonishing power, and are a mixture of littering elegance and deep profundity.

  • This single instance need not, it is true, show a Hellenism of any profundity; still it does show that certain parts of Hellenism had become so essential to the lustre of a court that even an Arsacid could not be without them.

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