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单词 profusive
释义 proˈfusive, a.|-sɪv|
[f. L. profūs-, ppl. stem of profundĕre (see profuse a.) + -ive.]
Characterized by or tending to profusion or lavishness.
1638Baker tr. Balzac's Lett. (vol. III) 86 Your Magnificence..in a severer Common-wealth than ours, would be called a profusive Wast.1685Evelyn Mrs. Godolphin 222 Chearfull and even profusive Charityes.1797Monthly Mag. III. 218 Her gifts in vain profusive Plenty flings.1861R. Quinn Heather Lintie (1866) 34 Profusive smiling gleams.
Hence proˈfusively adv.; proˈfusiveness.
1650Earl of Monmouth tr. Senault's Man become Guilty 230 Rivers flow profusively, their spring heads are not dried up.1655Fuller Ch. Hist. v. v. §64 His profusiveness..not only spending the great Treasure left Him by His Father; but also vast wealth beside.
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