Meaning of abysm in English
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abysmEtymology
Middle English: from Old French abisme, medieval Latin abysmus, alteration of late Latin abyssus‘bottomless pit’, the ending being assimilated to the Greek ending -ismosDefinitions
1. a bottomless gulf or pitExamples
- « any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively) »