Lexic.us

Definition of Bottomless

1. Adjective. Extremely deep. "A bottomless lake"

2. Adjective. Having no bottom. "Bottomless pajamas consisting simply of a long top opening down the front"

3. Adjective. Having no apparent limits or bounds. "Bottomless pockets"

4. Adjective. Unclothed especially below the waist or featuring such nudeness. "A bottomless bar"

Definition of Bottomless

1. a. Without a bottom; hence, fathomless; baseless; as, a bottomless abyss.

Definition of Bottomless

1. Adjective. Having no bottom. ¹

2. Adjective. Extremely deep. ¹

3. Adjective. Having no bounds; limitless. ¹

4. Adjective. Difficult to understand; unfathomable. ¹

5. Adjective. Not wearing clothes below the waist. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bottomless

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bottomless

bottom round bottom sheet bottom the house bottome bottomed bottomedness bottomer bottomers bottomfeeder bottomfeeders

bottomfeeding bottoming bottoming cycle bottomland bottomlands bottomless (current term) bottomless pit bottomless pits bottomlessly bottomlessness

bottommost bottomness bottomonia bottomonium bottomoniums bottomries bottomry bottoms bottoms up bottomy

Literary usage of Bottomless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A True Interpretation of All the Chief Texts, and Mysterious Sayings and by Lodowick Muggleton (1808)
"And in this sense it may be said that this star fell from heaven unto the earth, and to him, that is unto this star, was given the key of the bottomless And ..."

2. A Commentary on the Revelation of St. John, the Divine by Thomas Whittemore (1858)
"If Key of the bottomless pit. — The angel brings with him from heaven the key of the bottomless pit, and also a great chain in his hand. ..."

3. Thoughts, Critical and Practical, on the Books of Daniel and the Revelation by Uriah Smith (1885)
"The bottomless pit needed hut a key to open it, and that key ivas the fall of ... And he opened the bottomless pit.' He fell unto the earth. ..."

4. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"1. bottomless, soundless, unplumbed (rare). 2. See UNINTELLIGIBLE. unfavorable, a. unfriendly, sinister, adverse, disadvantageous; «pec. ill, inauspicious, ..."

5. Earthwork and Its Cost: A Handbook of Earth Excavation by Halbert Powers Gillette (1920)
"If the scraper is bottomless it is not raised from the ground when loaded. ... bottomless Power Scrapers. These range in size from % to 7 cu. yd. capacity. ..."

6. The Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle (1856)
"bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should ... Surely it I must be a real casting in of the devil i into the bottomless pit. ..."

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