 2 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
profoundness
noun
1: wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound; "the
anthropologist was impressed by the reconditeness of the
native proverbs" [syn: {reconditeness}, {abstruseness},
{abstrusity}, {profundity}]
2: the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas
[syn: {astuteness}, {profundity}, {depth}]
3: the quality of being physically deep; "the profundity of the
mine was almost a mile" [syn: {deepness}, {profundity}]
[ant: {shallowness}]
4: intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge; keen insight;
etc; "the depth of my feeling"; "the profoundness of the
silence" [syn: {profundity}] [ant: {superficiality}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Profoundness \Pro*found"ness\, noun
The quality or state of being profound; profundity; depth.
--Hooker.
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