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单词 profundify
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profundifyv.

Brit. /prəˈfʌndᵻfʌɪ/, U.S. /prəˈfəndəˌfaɪ/, /proʊˈfəndəˌfaɪ/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin profundus , -ify suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin profundus profound adj. + -ify suffix.
rare (humorous in later use).
transitive. To make intellectually profound.
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1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 198/1 They are provoked by droppings of inspiration from a stone, in which the measure and the meaning are most happily profundified.
1995 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 15 Sept. e1 Profundify or profundicate the speech. Use Roget's Thesaurus to make simple ideas seem profound.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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