English Explanatory Dictionary

profundicate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make profound; to make a concept unnecessarily complicated.

Pronunciation

/pɹəˈfʌndɪˌkeɪt/

Word forms

profundicate profundicates profundicating profundicated

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

profundify
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