abysm
/əˈbɪzəm/
abysm noun: hell; the infernal pit; the great deep; the primal chaos.
Noun
abysm (plural abysms)
- Hell; the infernal pit; the great deep; the primal chaos.
- Orkney is an archipelago of 70 or so islands lying off the northeast tip of Scotland. “Everywhere in Orkney there is the sense of age, the dark backward and abysm,” the late Orcadian poet George Mackay Brown wrote. “The islands have been inhabited for a very long time, from before the day of the...2025, Peter Ross, “Discover the Astounding Secrets of Scotland’s Stone Age Settlements. In the Orkney Islands, archaeologists close the chapter on a legendary excavation, capping two decades of...
- An abyss; a gulf, a chasm, a very deep hole.
- The abysm of hell.1623, Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, III, xiii
- Dr. Prunesquallor had circled around Steerpike with his head drawn back so that his cervical vertebrae rested against the near wall of his high collar, and a plumbless abysm yawned between his Adam’s apple and his pearl stud.1946, Mervyn Peake, “The Grotto”, in Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode
abysm meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
abysm in Tamil
- படுகுழி, கெவி
abysm in Urdu
- تحت الثُریٰ, پاتال, گہرائی, قَعَر
abysm in Malayalam
- അഗാധ ഗർത്തം, അതലസ്പർശിയായ, അഗാധമായ, അടികാണാത്ത, അത്യധികമായ, വളരെ മോശമായ
Forms of abysm
| plural | abysms |
|---|---|
| alternative form | abime |
| alternative form | abyme |
Origin of abysm
From Middle English abime, from Old French abisme from Late Latin *abyssimus, a superlative of abyssus (“bottomless pit”), from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos). Cognate to French abîme. See also abyss.
Words formed from abysm
Words that rhyme with abysm
- prism
- schism
- anglicism
- hypocorism
- chrisom
- epiphenomenalism
- Frenchism
- Indianism
- ism
- jism
- 'tism
- ABDLism
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Questions about abysm
- What does abysm mean?
- Abysm means hell; the infernal pit; the great deep; the primal chaos.
- What is abysm in Tamil?
- Abysm in Tamil is படுகுழி, கெவி. See Abysm meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is abysm?
- Abysm is a noun.
- How do you pronounce abysm?
- Abysm is pronounced /əˈbɪzəm/.
- What is the plural of abysm?
- The plural of abysm is abysms.
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