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bottomless

adj
/ˈbɒtəm.ləs/UK/ˈbatəmlɪs/US

Etymology

From Middle English botemles, botmeles, equivalent to bottom + -less. Cognate with West Frisian boaiemleas (“bottomless”), Dutch bodemloos (“bottomless”), German Low German boddenloos (“bottomless”), German bodenlos (“bottomless”), Swedish bottenlös (“bottomless”), Icelandic botnlaus (“bottomless”).

  1. inherited from botemles

Definitions

  1. Having no bottom.

    • And while the railway's finances will forever remain a bottomless black hole, Highways England finances are rapidly becoming a bottomless pothole!

  2. Extremely deep.

  3. Having no bounds

    Having no bounds; limitless.

    • The restaurant offered bottomless drinks.
  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. Of a meal

      Of a meal: accompanied by unlimited drinks.

      • I get a message from some school friends about a bottomless brunch they want to go to.

    2. Difficult to understand

      Difficult to understand; unfathomable.

    3. refillable (usually for iced tea or other such cold beverages)

    4. Not wearing clothes below the waist

      Not wearing clothes below the waist; particularly not wearing clothes that would cover the genitalia.

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Derived

bottomlessly, bottomlessness, bottomless pit

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA