English Explanatory Dictionary

bottomless

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having no bottom.
  2. Extremely deep.
  3. Having no bounds; limitless.
  4. Of a meal: accompanied by unlimited drinks.
  5. Difficult to understand; unfathomable.
  6. refillable (usually for iced tea or other such cold beverages)
  7. Not wearing clothes below the waist; particularly not wearing clothes that would cover the genitalia.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɒtəm.ləs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bottomless.wav /ˈbatəmlɪs/

Word forms

bottomless

Etymology

From Middle English botemles, botmeles, equivalent to bottom + -less. Cognate with West Frisian boaiemleas (“bottomless”), Dutch bodemloos (“bottomless”), German Low German boddenloos (“bottomless”), German bodenlos (“bottomless”), Swedish bottenlös (“bottomless”), Icelandic botnlaus (“bottomless”).

Synonyms

limitless unbottomed unbounded boundless

Derived words

bottomlessly bottomlessness bottomless pit
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