Abysm Definition
ə-bĭzəm
noun
An abyss.
Webster's New World
(archaic, poetic) Hell; the infernal pit; the great deep; the primal chaos. [First attested between 1150 and 1350.]
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Noun
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abysm
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abysmsOrigin of Abysm
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From Middle English abime, from Old French abisme from Late Latin abyssimus, a superlative of abyssus (“bottomless pit”), from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (abussos). Cognate to French abîme.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English abime from Old French abisme from Vulgar Latin abissimus alteration of Late Latin abyssus abyss
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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