bottomless

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having no bottom, or appearing too deep for the bottom to be seen

   Local legends described the dark pool as bottomless.

2. 2
   adj

   so great or plentiful that it seems to have no limit

   The rescue effort required a seemingly bottomless supply of patience.

3. 3
   adj

   repeatedly refilled without an additional charge

   The cafe serves a bottomless cup of coffee with breakfast.

From Middle English botemles or botmeles, equivalent to bottom + -less. The literal sense 'without a bottom' readily produced the figurative senses 'immeasurably deep' and 'unlimited.'

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