/
prəˈfeɪn/
adj.
- secular rather than religious.
▸not initiated into religious rites.
- not respectful of religious practice.
▸(of language) blasphemous or obscene.
v.
treat with irreverence.
Derivative
- profanation n.
- profanely adv.
- profaneness n.
- profaner n.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. prophane, from L. profanus ‘outside the temple, not sacred’, from pro- ‘before’ + fanum ‘temple’.