abyss, abysm
(noun) a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
abysm (plural abysms)
(archaic, poetic) Hell; the infernal pit; the great deep; the primal chaos. [from between 1150 and 1350]
(now chiefly, literary) An abyss; a gulf, a chasm, a very deep hole. [from late 15th century]
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Source: Wiktionary
A*bysm", n. Etym: [OF. abisme; F. abime, LL. abyssimus, a superl. of L. abyssus; Gr. Abyss.]
Definition: An abyss; a gulf. "The abysm of hell." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
