abyss
Meaning
- Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.
- A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.
- Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound.
- Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.
- An impending catastrophic happening.
- The center of an escutcheon; fess point.
- The abyssal zone.
- (figuratively) A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.
Synonyms
the deep
deep pool
deep pit
deep-ocean floor
one’s innermost feelings
natherworld
deep hole
deep-sea floor
Translations
abismo
abisso
Abgrund
abîme
abismo
afgrond
άβυσσος
abismeFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈbɪs/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English abissus, from Late Latin abyssus (“a bottomless gulf”), from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos, “bottomless”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βυσσός (bussós, “deep place”), from βυθός (buthós, “deep place”). Displaced native Old English neowolnes.
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