Search Result for "abysm":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively);
[syn: abyss, abysm]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Abysm \A*bysm"\, n. [OF. abisme; F. abime, LL. abyssimus, a superl. of L. abyssus; Gr. ?. See Abyss.] An abyss; a gulf. "The abysm of hell." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
