chasmal

English

Etymology

chasm +‎ -al

Adjective

chasmal (comparative more chasmal, superlative most chasmal)

1. Of or like a chasm.
   • 1850, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Poetic Principle", The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe, Volume III:

     He must be blind indeed who does not perceive the radical and chasmal difference between the truthful and the poetical modes of inculcation.

Related terms

• chasm
• chasma
• chasmatical (unattested; appears only in dictionaries)

Anagrams

• chamals, maslach