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profundity

pro·fun·di·ty [ prə fúndətee ] (plural pro·fun·di·ties)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. intense insight: intense intellectual or human insight that deals seriously with the most vital aspects of any question

2. something showing insight: something that shows great perceptiveness or knowledge or requires great perceptiveness and knowledge to be properly understood

3. intellectual complexity: the intellectual complexity or abstruseness of something

4. greatness: the greatness, strength, or intensity of something

5. great depth: extension to or location at a great depth ( literary )

[15th century. Via French< late Latin profunditas< profundus (see profound)]
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