abyss.
Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.
Meaning & usage
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.
They fell into the abyss of drug addiction.
An impending catastrophic happening.
The center of an escutcheon; fess point.
The abyssal zone.
A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.
Where this word comes from
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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