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Added 9 October 2026

bottomless

/ˈbɒtəm.ləs/ adjective

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about bottomless at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Extremely deep.
a bottomless pit
Having no bottom.
bottomless pajamas consisting simply of a long top opening down the front
Having no apparent limits or bounds.
a bottomless supply of money

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”).

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