Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PRO-FUSE', a. [L. profusus, profundo, to pour out; pro and fundo.]

1. Lavish; liberal to excess; prodigal; as, a profuse government; a profuse administration. Henry the Eighth, a profuse king, dissipated the treasures which the parsimony his father had amassed. A man's friends are generally too profuse of praise, and his enemies too sparing.
2. Extravagant; lavish; as, profuse expenditures.
3. Overabounding; exuberant. On a green shady hank, profuse of flowers. – Milton. O liberty! thou goddess heavenly bright, / Profuse of bliss. – Addison. Profuse ornament in painting, architecture or gardening, as well as in dress or in language, shows a mean or corrupted taste. – Kames.