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abysm

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Noun — (literary) Hell, or the formless chaos thought to exist before the world was made.

Etymology

Abysm comes from Middle English abime, from Old French abisme, from Late Latin *abyssimus, a superlative of abyssus (“bottomless pit”), from Ancient Greek ἄβυσσος (ábussos). It is cognate with French abîme. See also abyss.

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