ETYM Greek, from dran to do, act: cf. French drastique. Related to Drama.
Forceful and extreme and rigorous.
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.
ETYM French, from Latin radicalis having roots, from radix, -icis, a root. Related to Radix.
1. Arising from or going to the root; SYN. root.
2. (Botany) Especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem; SYN. basal.
3. (Linguistics) Of or relating to or constituting a linguistic root.
Pertaining to, like, deriving from or striking at root; fundamental; extreme; Mathematics, pertaining to radix.