ABYSS


Meaning of ABYSS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˈbis, a- also ]

ˈa-(ˌ)bis noun

Etymology: Middle English abissus, from Late Latin abyssus, from Greek abyssos, from abyssos, adjective, bottomless, from a- + byssos depth; perhaps akin to Greek bathys deep

Date: 14th century

1. : the bottomless gulf, pit, or chaos of the old cosmogonies

2.

a. : an immeasurably deep gulf or great space

b. : intellectual or moral depths

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.