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单词 abysms
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abysm

noun

ə-ˈbi-zəm How to pronounce abysm (audio)
: abyss
the dark backward and abysm of time William Shakespeare

Synonyms

  • abyss
  • chasm
  • deep
  • gulf
  • ocean
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Example Sentences

a recurrent dream in which he would fall helplessly into a dark and silent abysm

Word History

Etymology

borrowed (with later spelling-pronunciation of s) from Anglo-French & Middle French abysme (compare Middle English abyme from Anglo-French abime, abisme), going back to Old French abysme, going back to Vulgar Latin *abismus, alteration of Late Latin abyssus abyss, perhaps via abíss(i)mus, alteration by haplology of abyssíssimus, a superlative derivative from abyssus

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

abysms

noun

plural of abysm
as in abysses
an immeasurable depth or space a recurrent dream in which he would fall helplessly into a dark and silent abysm

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • abysses
  • oceans
  • deeps
  • chasms
  • gulfs
  • expanses
  • fissures
  • holes
  • caverns
  • pits
  • crevices
  • black holes
  • reaches
  • crevasses
  • voids
  • clefts
  • hollows
  • stretches
  • vacancies
  • breadths
  • vacuums
  • spreads
  • extents
  • vacuities
  • vacua
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