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–noun
1.a deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity; vast chasm.
2.anything profound, unfathomable, or infinite: the abyss of time.
3.(in ancient cosmogony)
a.the primal chaos before Creation.
b.the infernal regions; hell.
c.a subterranean ocean.

[Origin: 1350–1400; earlier abisse, ME abissus < LL abyssus < Gk ábyssos bottomless, equiv. to a- a-6 + byssós bottom of the sea]
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Abyss.
1.Abyssinia.
2.Abyssinian.
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a·byss    Audio Help   (ə-bĭs')  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. An immeasurably deep chasm, depth, or void: "lost in the vast abysses of space and time" (Loren Eiseley).
    1. The primeval chaos out of which it was believed that the earth and sky were formed.
    2. The abode of evil spirits; hell.


[Middle English abissus, from Late Latin abyssus, from Greek abussos, bottomless : a-, without; see a-1 + bussos, bottom.]

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abyss 
1398, earlier abime (c.1300), from L.L. abyssus, from Gk. abyssos "bottomless," from a- "without" (see a- (2)) + byssos "bottom," possibly related to bathos "depth." Abyssal is first recorded 1691, used especially of the zone of ocean water below 300 fathoms.

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abyss

noun
a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively) 

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abyss [əˈbis] noun
a very deep or bottomless hole or chasm
Arabic: هَاوِيَة
Chinese (Simplified): 深渊
Chinese (Traditional): 深淵
Czech: propast
Danish: afgrund
Dutch: afgrond
Estonian: kuristik
Finnish: kuilu
French: abîme
German: der Abgrund
Greek: άβυσσος
Hungarian: végtelen mélység
Icelandic: hyldÿpi; tómið
Indonesian: sangat dalam
Italian: abisso
Japanese: 深淵
Korean: 심연
Latvian: bezdibenis
Lithuanian: bedugnė, praraja
Norwegian: avgrunn
Polish: przepaść, otchłań
Portuguese (Brazil): abismo
Portuguese (Portugal): abismo
Romanian: abis
Russian: пропасть
Slovak: priepasť, hlbina
Slovenian: brezno
Spanish: abismo
Swedish: avgrund
Turkish: uçurum
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Abyss

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.
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