profundicate
pro·fund·icate
profundicate · profundicates · profundicated · profundicating
To make profound; to make a concept unnecessarily complicatedTo make profound; to make a concept unnecessarily complicated.
/pɹəˈfʌndɪˌkeɪt/
Meaning
1 senses(rare)To make profound; to make a concept unnecessarily complicated.
Origin
Latin profundus (“profound”) + -icate. Apparently coined by American humorist James BorenLatin 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.
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Forms
profundicates, profundicating, profundicated, profundicated| Base form | profundicate · to profundicate |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | profundicates |
| Present participle | profundicating |
| Past simple | profundicated |
| Past participle | profundicated |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle