Profusion

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːʒən

Full definition of profusion

Noun

1. abundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopiaHis hair, in great profusion, streamed down over his shoulders.
• 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot (novel) Chapter VIWe set the men at work felling trees, selecting for the purpose jarrah, a hard, weather-resisting timber which grew in profusion near by.
2. lavish or imprudent expenditure; prodigality or extravagance