abysm

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a bottomless gulf or pit

   He felt that he had been peeping indecently close into the dark backward and abysm of time.

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.

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