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profusion

noun
/pɹoʊˈfjuʒən/US/pɹə(ʊ)ˈfjuːʒən/UK

Etymology

From Middle French profusion, from Late Latin profusio.

  1. derived from profusio
  2. derived from profusion

Definitions

  1. abundance

    abundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia

    • His hair, in great profusion, streamed down over his shoulders.
    • We 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

    lavish or imprudent expenditure; prodigality or extravagance

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at profusion. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at profusion. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at profusion

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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