Defn: The quality of being profligate; an abandoned course of life; profligacy.
PROFLIGATION
Prof`li*ga"tion, n. Etym: [L. profligatio.]
Defn: Defeat; rout; overthrow. [Obs.] Bacon.
PROFLUENCE
Prof"lu*ence, n. Etym: [L. profluentia.]
Defn: Quality of being profluent; course. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.
PROFLUENT Prof"lu*ent, a. Etym: [L. profluens, p. pr. of profluere; pro forward + fluere to flow.]
Defn: Flowing forward, [R.] "In the profluent stream." Milton.
PROFOUND Pro*found", a. Etym: [F. profond, L. profundus; pro before, forward + fundus the bottom. See Found to establish, Bottom lowest part.]
1. Descending far below the surface; opening or reaching to a great depth; deep. "A gulf profound." Milton.
2. Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a profound scholar; profound wisdom.