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fathomless

adj
/ˈfæ.ðəm.ləs/US

Etymology

From fathom + -less.

  1. derived from *pet-✻
  2. inherited from *faþmaz✻ — “outstretched arms, embrace; fathom (unit of measurement)”
  3. inherited from *faþm✻ — “outstretched arms, embrace; fathom (unit of measurement)”
  4. inherited from fæþm
  5. inherited from fathome
  6. suffixed as fathomless — “fathom + less”

Definitions

  1. Very deep (especially of water deeper than a lead line can measure)

    Very deep (especially of water deeper than a lead line can measure); bottomless, immeasurable.

    • Prais’d be the fathomless universe, / For life and joy, and for objects and knowledge curious, / And for love, sweet love—but praise! praise! praise! / For the sure-enwinding arms of cool-enfolding death.

  2. unfathomable or incomprehensible.

The neighborhood

Derived

fathomlessly, fathomlessness

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