abyssus

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A form of abyss — Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.

OriginLatin abyssus →
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Meanings

nounabyssus (plural abyssi)

plural abyssi

  1. archaicArchaic form of abyss.

    He was, when there were yet no Abyssi, no depths, nor no mountaines vpon the Earth, nor the Earth it selfe […]

    1613 November 5, Lancelot Andrewes, “A Sermon Preached before the King’s Maiestie, at White-hall […]”, in XCVI. sermons by the Right Honorable and Reverend Father in God, Lancelot Andrevves […], published 1629, page 935

Origin

  1. Latinabyssus
  2. Latinabyssus
  3. Englishabyssus

Borrowed from Latin abyssus.

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Chicago

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