What part of speech is profusion?

Profusion can be categorized as a noun.

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Parts of speech

Inflections

Noun

What does profusion mean?

Definitions

Noun

profusion - the property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English"

Examples of profusion

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1. noun The profusion of detail.
2. noun Food and drink were served in such profusion at the wedding that the bride and groom began to wonder if they should not have invited more guests.
3. noun There's a profusion of rhododendron in her garden, blooming in a variety of colours.
4. noun The exquisite feminine beauty of her countenance, now shaded only by a profusion of sunny tresses; the sylph-like form, disencumbered of her heavy riding-skirt and mantled in azure silk; the grace of her manner and of her smile, cleared, with a celerity which surprised the Master himself, all the gloomy and unfavourable thoughts which had for some time overclouded his fancy.
5. noun The feast of Ravenswood Castle was as remarkable for its profusion as that of Wolf's Crag had been for its ill-veiled penury.
6. noun She sat upon one of the disjointed stones of the ancient fountain, and seemed to watch the progress of its current, as it bubbled forth to daylight, in gay and sparkling profusion, from under the shadow of the ribbed and darksome vault.
7. noun The bubbling murmur of the clear fountain, the waving of the trees, the profusion of grass and wild-flowers that rise among the ruins, make it like a scene in romance.
8. noun Her dress was composed of white satin and Brussels lace, and her hair arranged with a profusion of jewels.
9. noun Her dress was composed of white satin and Brussels lace, and her hair arranged with a profusion of jewels, whose lustre made a strange contrast to the deadly paleness of her complexion, and to the trouble which dwelt in her unsettled eye.
10. noun The marriage guests, on the present occasion, were regaled with a banquet of unbounded profusion.
11. noun The marriage guests, on the present occasion, were regaled with a banquet of unbounded profusion, the relics of which, after the domestics had feasted in their turn, were distributed among the shouting crowd.
Sentence  
noun
The profusion of detail.
Food and drink were served in such profusion at the wedding that the bride and groom began to wonder if they should not have invited more guests.
There's a profusion of rhododendron in her garden, blooming in a variety of colours.
The exquisite feminine beauty of her countenance, now shaded only by a profusion of sunny tresses; the sylph-like form, disencumbered of her heavy riding-skirt and mantled in azure silk; the grace of her manner and of her smile, cleared, with a celerity which surprised the Master himself, all the gloomy and unfavourable thoughts which had for some time overclouded his fancy.
The feast of Ravenswood Castle was as remarkable for its profusion as that of Wolf's Crag had been for its ill-veiled penury.
She sat upon one of the disjointed stones of the ancient fountain, and seemed to watch the progress of its current, as it bubbled forth to daylight, in gay and sparkling profusion, from under the shadow of the ribbed and darksome vault.
The bubbling murmur of the clear fountain, the waving of the trees, the profusion of grass and wild-flowers that rise among the ruins, make it like a scene in romance.
Her dress was composed of white satin and Brussels lace, and her hair arranged with a profusion of jewels.
Her dress was composed of white satin and Brussels lace, and her hair arranged with a profusion of jewels, whose lustre made a strange contrast to the deadly paleness of her complexion, and to the trouble which dwelt in her unsettled eye.
The marriage guests, on the present occasion, were regaled with a banquet of unbounded profusion.
The marriage guests, on the present occasion, were regaled with a banquet of unbounded profusion, the relics of which, after the domestics had feasted in their turn, were distributed among the shouting crowd.

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