FATHOMLESS

Etymology

Adjective

fathomless (comparative more fathomless, superlative most fathomless)

Very deep (especially of water deeper than a lead line can measure); bottomless.

(by extension) unfathomable or incomprehensible.

Synonyms

• (very deep): soundless; See also deep

• (incomprehensible): ungraspable, unknowable; See also incomprehensible

Source: Wiktionary


Fath"om*less, a.

1. Incapable of being fathomed; immeasurable; that can not be sounded. And buckle in a waist most fathomless. Shak.

2. Incomprehensible. The fathomless absurdity. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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