profundity
deep insight or depth of meaning
Roots
- fund / fundus: bottom, base, foundation, or depth
- pro-: forward, forth, outward, or in favor of
Other words with the fund / fundus root
- foundation: the base something rests on
- fundamental: basic, central, or forming the base
- profound: deep in meaning, feeling, or understanding
Profundity is depth made into a noun: the quality of being deeply felt or understood.
The lecture had moments of real profundity between the jokes.