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- Latin · derived fromprofundus“profound”
- English todayprofundicate
Latin profundus (“profound”) + -icate. Apparently coined by American humorist James Boren (1925–2010) in When in Doubt, Mumble: A Bureaucrat's Handbook, New York, N.Y.: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1972, →OCLC.
Words from the same roots
Latinprofundus all →
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