prophane

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A form of profane — Unclean; ritually impure; unholy, desecrating a holy place or thing.

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Meanings

adjectiveprophane (comparative prophaner or more prophane, superlative prophanest or most prophane)

comparative prophaner · comparative more prophane · superlative prophanest · superlative most prophane

  1. hypercorrectobsoleteObsolete form of profane.

    Sneerers and prophane wits may perhaps laugh at her first fright; yet my graver reader, when he considers the time of night, the summons from her bed, and the situation in which she found her master, will highly justify and applaud her conduct […]

    1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
verbprophane (third-person singular simple present prophanes, present participle prophaning, simple past and past participle prophaned)

present singular third person prophanes · participle present prophaning · participle past prophaned · past prophaned

  1. hypercorrectobsoleteObsolete spelling of profane.

    VVhen the vulgar ſort / Sit on their Ale-bench, vvith their cups and kannes, / Matters of ſtate be not their common talke, / Nor pure religion by their lips prophande.

    1600, [Michael Drayton, Richard Hathwaye, Anthony Munday, Robert Wilson], The First Part of the True and Honorable Historie, of the Life of Sir John Old-castle, the Good Lord Cobham. […], London: […] [V[alentine] S[immes]] for Thomas Pauier, […], →OCLC
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APA

prophane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prophane

MLA

“prophane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prophane. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prophane,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prophane.

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