adj.
(profounder, profoundest)
- very great or intense:
profound social changes.
▸(of a disease or disability) severe.
- showing great knowledge or insight.
▸demanding deep study or thought.
- archaic very deep.
Derivative
- profoundly adv.
- profoundness n.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. profund, from L. profundus ‘deep’, from L. pro ‘before’ + fundus ‘bottom’.