Both Uses of
profane
in
Middlemarch
- "What are you laughing at so profanely?" said Rosamond, with bland neutrality.†
Chpt 3 *
- —it hinders profane language, and attaches a man to the society of refined females.†
Chpt 6
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) 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.