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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
abyss
n 1: a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently
unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below
(often used figuratively) [syn: abyss, abysm]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Abyss \A*byss"\, n. [L. abyssus a bottomless gulf, fr. Gr. ?
bottomless; 'a priv. + ? depth, bottom.]
1. A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence,
any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the
bottomless pit.
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Ye powers and spirits of this nethermost abyss.
--Milton.
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The throne is darkness, in the abyss of light.
--Dryden.
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2. Infinite time; a vast intellectual or moral depth.
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The abysses of metaphysical theology. --Macaulay.
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In unfathomable abysses of disgrace. --Burke.
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3. (Her.) The center of an escutcheon.
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Note: This word, in its leading uses, is associated with the
cosmological notions of the Hebrews, having reference
to a supposed illimitable mass of waters from which our
earth sprung, and beneath whose profound depths the
wicked were punished. --Encyc. Brit.
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