All 3 Uses of
profane
in
Othello, the Moor of Venice
- What profane wretch art thou?†
Scene 1.1 *
- Thus do I ever make my fool my purse; For I mine own gain'd knowledge should profane If I would time expend with such a snipe But for my sport and profit.†
Scene 1.3
- is he not a most profane and liberal counsellor?†
Scene 2.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(profane as in: don't be profane) showing no respect for something thought of as sacred
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely profane may mean that something is not sacred or concerned with religion; or that it is not holy because it is unconsecrated, impure or defiled. As a verb it can mean to spoil something considered holy by using it in a degrading or unworthy way.