fathomless

English

Etymology

From fathom +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfæ.ðəm.ləs/, /ˈfæ.ðəm.lɪs/

• Audio (General American):

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Adjective

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.

Synonyms

• (very deep): soundless; See also Thesaurus:deep
• (incomprehensible): ungraspable, unknowable; See also Thesaurus:incomprehensible

Derived terms

• fathomlessly

Translations

bottomless

• Bulgarian: бездънен (bg) (bezdǎnen), неизмерим (bg) (neizmerim)
• Dutch: bodemloos (nl)
• French: sans fond (fr)
• Georgian: უძირო (ka) (uʒiro), განუზომლად ღრმა (ganuzomlad ɣrma), განუზომელი სიღრმის (ganuzomeli siɣrmis)

unfathomable or incomprehensible

• Bulgarian: неразбираем (bg) (nerazbiraem)
• Dutch: ondoorgrondelijk (nl), onbegrijpelijk (nl),
• Georgian: გაუგებარი (gaugebari), ჩაუწვდომელი (čauc̣vdomeli)