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fathomless

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Etymology

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From fathom +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈfæ.ðəm.ləs/, /ˈfæ.ðəm.lɪs/
  • Audio (General American):(file)

Adjective

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fathomless (comparative more fathomless, superlative most fathomless)

  1. Very deep (especially of water deeper than a lead line can measure); bottomless, immeasurable.
    • 1865, Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, in Sequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems:
      Prais’d be the fathomless universe, / For life and joy, and for objects and knowledge curious, / And for love, sweet love—but praise! praise! praise! / For the sure-enwinding arms of cool-enfolding death.
  2. (by extension) unfathomable or incomprehensible.

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