abysmal
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[edit] Etymology
From Old French abisme from Latin abyssimus, the superlative of abyssus (“‘an abyss, a bottomless gulf’”) < Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (abyssos), “‘without bottom’”) < ἀ- (a-), “‘not’”)+ βυσσός (bysso), “‘depth’”).
[edit] Adjective
abysmal (comparative more abysmal, superlative most abysmal)
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- Pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound; fathomless; immeasurable.
- Carlyle
- Geology gives one the same abysmal extent of time that astronomy does of space.
- Carlyle
- Extremely bad.
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[edit] Translations
pertaining to, or resembling an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound
extremely bad
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[edit] External links
- abysmal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- abysmal in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
