profundity : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: profundity	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for profundity
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
profundity n wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound; "the anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the native proverbs" Synonym(s): reconditeness, abstruseness, abstrusity, profoundness, profundity intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight; etc; "the depth of my feeling"; "the profoundness of the silence" Synonym(s): profundity, profoundness Antonym(s): shallowness, superficiality the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas Synonym(s): astuteness, profundity, profoundness, depth, deepness the quality of being physically deep; "the profundity of the mine was almost a mile" Synonym(s): deepness, profundity, profoundness Antonym(s): shallowness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Profundity \Profun"dity\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [L. profunditas: cf. F. profondite. See {Profound}.] The quality or state of being profound; depth of place, knowledge, feeling, etc. [bd]The vast profundity obscure.[b8] --Milton.