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Abysmal
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Example Sentences
- His public school attendance record was abysmal.
- The game also has an abysmal stealth sequence that is about 1 percent fun and 99 percent aggravation.
- Bock says he doesn't expect tsunami films for years, given studios' abysmal showing with war-themed movies.
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Word Origin & History
abysmal
1650s, formed in Eng. from obsolete abysm "bottomless gulf, greatest depths" (c.1300), from O.Fr. abisme (Mod.Fr.
abîme), from V.L. *abyssimus (source of Sp., Port. abismo), superl. of L. abyssus or on analogy of Gk.-derived words in
-ismus; see abyss. Weakened sense
EXPANDof "extremely bad" is first recorded 1904.
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