sesspool

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A form of cesspool — An underground pit where sewage is held.

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Meanings

nounsesspool (plural sesspools)

plural sesspools

  1. archaicArchaic form of cesspool.

Origin

From English dialect suss (“hogwash”), soss (“a dirty mess, a puddle”) + pool (“a puddle”). According to the OED, the first element is from earlier suspiral (“water pipe, setting tank”). Compare Goidelic ses (“a coarse mess”), English cess (“the boggy foreshore of a tidal river”).

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APA

sesspool. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sesspool

MLA

“sesspool.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sesspool. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sesspool,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sesspool.

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