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profuseness



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verbosity
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To a certain carelessness of riches he added a certain profuseness of expenditure; and indulgent towards his own pleasures, towards others, his equals or dependents, he bore himself with a spirit of kindness and magnanimity.

From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 by Various

His profuseness, however, had been mingled with a continuous astonishment, a brutish wonder which was quite inexplicable to Elizabeth.

From House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

Its flora is spontaneous and magnificent, repaying the least attention by a development and profuseness of yield that is surprising.

From Due West or Round the World in Ten Months by Maturin Murray Ballou

Our soldier's Dress, very appropriately, retains all the elements of savagism—high colors, sharp contrasts, profuseness of ornament.

From Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. by George Sumner Weaver

Hopeful, but solitary; thou art made to bless generations by the profuseness of thy wealth.

From The Village Notary by J?zsef E?tv?s




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