...the fathomless space of the universe...
The silence was fathomless and overwhelming.
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Fathomless — Fath om*less, a. 1. Incapable of being fathomed; immeasurable; that can not be sounded. [1913 Webster] And buckle in a waist most fathomless. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Incomprehensible. [1913 Webster] The fathomless absurdity. Milton. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fathomless — index incomprehensible, profound (intense) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
fathomless — 1630s, literal; 1640s, figurative; from FATHOM (Cf. fathom) + LESS (Cf. less) … Etymology dictionary
fathomless — [fath′əm lis] adj. 1. too deep to be measured 2. incomprehensible fathomlessness n … English World dictionary
fathomless — adjective literary 1 too deep to be measured: the fathomless ocean 2 too complicated to be understood: a fathomless mystery … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
fathomless — adjective Date: 1638 incapable of being fathomed ; immeasurable < fathomless powers of gravity and chemistry R. W. Emerson > • fathomlessly adverb • fathomlessness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
fathomless — fathomlessly, adv. /fadh euhm lis/, adj. 1. impossible to measure the depth of; bottomless. 2. impossible to understand; incomprehensible: fathomless motives. [1600 10; FATHOM + LESS] * * * … Universalium
fathomless — fath|om|less [ˈfæðəmləs] adj literary impossible to measure or understand ▪ the fathomless depths of the sea … Dictionary of contemporary English
fathomless — fathom ► NOUN ▪ a unit of length equal to six feet (1.8 metres), used in measuring the depth of water. ► VERB 1) understand after much thought: I can t fathom him out. 2) measure the depth of. DERIVATIVES fathomable adjective fathomless adjective … English terms dictionary
fathomless — adjective a) Very deep (especially of water deeper than a lead line can measure); bottomless b) unfathomable or incomprehensible … Wiktionary
