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bottomless

bot·tom·less

UK/ˈbɒtəm.ləs/ US/ˈbatəmlɪs/ uncommon

adjective

1.

extremely deep

  • “a bottomless pit”
  • “a bottomless lake”
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2.

having no bottom

  • “bottomless pajamas consisting simply of a long top opening down the front”
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3.

having no apparent limits or bounds

  • “a bottomless supply of money”
  • “bottomless pockets”
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4.

unclothed especially below the waist or featuring such nudeness

  • “bottomless dancers”
  • “a bottomless bar”
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Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • bottomless pit

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Word family

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