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abyss

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10
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10
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5
Pronunciation
/əˈbɪs/
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/əˈbɪs/ · /əˈbɪs/(US) · /æˈbɪs/(US)

Definition of abyss

8 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.
    “'You cannot enter here,' said Gandalf, and the huge shadow halted. 'Go back to the abyss prepared for you! Go back! Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master. Go!'”
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noun

  1. Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.
    “'You cannot enter here,' said Gandalf, and the huge shadow halted. 'Go back to the abyss prepared for you! Go back! Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master. Go!'”
  2. A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.
    “Below is the deep abyss of the Lauterbrunnen valley, and at its head a stately semi-circle of mountains, with the pyramidal Lauterbrunnen Breithorn as the centre-piece.”
  3. Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound.
  4. Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.
    “They fell into the abyss of drug addiction.”
  5. An impending catastrophic happening.
  6. The center of an escutcheon; fess point.
  7. The abyssal zone.
  8. (figuratively)A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.

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Etymology

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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