Толковый словарь английского языка - abyss
Abyss
abyss
noun Etymology: Middle English abissus, from Late Latin ~us, from Greek ~os, from ~os, adjective, bottomless, from a+ byssos depth; perhaps akin to Greek bathys deep Date: 14th century the bottomless gulf, pit, or chaos of the old cosmogonies, 2. an immeasurably deep gulf or great space, intellectual or moral depths
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n. 1 a deep or seemingly bottomless chasm. 2 a an immeasurable depth (abyss of despair). b a catastrophic situation as contemplated or feared (his loss brought him a step nearer the abyss). 3 (prec. by the) primal chaos, hell. Etymology: ME f. LL abyssus f. Gk abussos bottomless (as A-(1), bussos depth) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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