profound
pro·found
adjective
1.
showing intellectual penetration or emotional depths; from the depths of your being
- “the differences are profound”
- “a profound insight”
- “a profound book”
- “a profound mind”
- “profound contempt”
- “profound regret”
2.
3.
far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something
- “the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred”
- “the book underwent fundamental changes”
- “committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravagance”
- “profound social changes”
5.
Origin
From Middle English profound, profounde, from Anglo-Norman profound, from Old French profont, profonde, from Latin profundus (“deep, profound”), from prō + fundus (“bottom; foundation”).
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