1. de profundis - Adverb
2. De profundis - Proper noun
de profundis (not comparable)
From deep feelings of misery or despair.
de profundis
Alternative form of De Profundis (psalm)
The 130th psalm, one of the seven penitential psalms of the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.
A letter to Lord Alfred Douglas written by Oscar Wilde while he was imprisoned for gross indecency (homosexual acts). The title is a reference to the 130th psalm.
The name of various other works of art inspired by the feelings expressed in the 130th psalm. (see De Profundis)
De profundis
Alternative form of De Profundis
De Profundis, Holland/Hart-Davis (2000) Douglas and some Oxford friends founded a journal, The Chameleon, to which Wilde "sent a page of paradoxes originally destined for the Saturday Review". Source: Internet
De Profundis, Holland/Hart-Davis (2000:702) "Phrases and Philosophies for the Use of the Young" was to come under attack six months later at Wilde's trial, where he was forced to defend the magazine to which he had sent his work. Source: Internet
De Profundis, Holland/Hart-Davis (2000:699–700) Ellmann (1988:396) Queensberry only described the scene once, saying Wilde had "shown him the white feather", meaning he had acted in a cowardly way. Source: Internet
Douglas lost; De Profundis which was read in part at the trial disproved his claims (Ross had shown Ransome the full text of it). Source: Internet
Ellmann (1988:421) His account in De Profundis was less triumphant: "It was when, in my library at Tite Street, waving his small hands in the air in epileptic fury, your father.. Source: Internet
De Profundis, Holland/Hart-Davis (2000:735) He learned tracts of the book by heart, and carried it with him on travels in later years. Source: Internet