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CHASMY

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chasm

[kaz-uhm]
–noun
1. a yawning fissure or deep cleft in the earth's surface; gorge.
2. a breach or wide fissure in a wall or other structure.
3. a marked interruption of continuity; gap: a chasm in time.
4. a sundering breach in relations, as a divergence of opinions, beliefs, etc., between persons or groups.

Origin:
1590–1600; apocopated var. of chasma < L < Gk, equiv. to cha- (root of chaínein to gape; see yawn ) + -(a)sma resultative suffix


chasmal, chasmic, adjective
chasmed, adjective
chasmy, adjective
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chasm 
1596, from L. chasma, from Gk. khasma "yawning hollow, gulf," related to khaskein "to yawn," and thus to chaos.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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