1. Qui pénètre.
2. (Au figuré) Perspicace.
Causing a sharply painful or stinging sensation; used especially of cold; SYN. bitter.
1. Acting with vigor.
2. Having the power of driving or impelling; SYN. impulsive.
1. Having the power to enter, pierce, or pervade
2. Acute; discerning; sagacious; quick to discover
ETYM Cf. French pénétratif.
Tending to penetrate.
1. High-pitched and sharp; SYN. shrill, sharp.
2. Loud and sharp
ETYM French profond, Latin profundus; pro before, forward + fundus the bottom. Related to Found to establish, Bottom lowest part.
1. Coming from deep within one.
2. Of the greatest intensity; complete.
3. Showing intellectual penetration or emotional depths; from the depths of one's being.
4. Situated at or extending to great depth; too deep to have been sounded or plumbed; SYN. unfathomed, unplumbed, unsounded.