Definitions for abysm

abysm a·bysm

Spelling: [uh-biz-uh m]
IPA: /əˈbɪz əm/

Abysm is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 57 anagrams from letters in abysm (abmsy).

Definitions for abysm

noun

  1. an abyss.

Origin of abysm

1250-1300; Middle English abi(s)me Middle French abisme Vulgar Latin *abyssimus, a neologistic pseudo-superlative of Late Latin abyssus abyss

Examples for abysm

Cf. “Tempest,” i, 2, 50: “In the dark backward and abysm of time.”

His voice dropped, and he seemed to drop too, into some abysm of thought.

I shall never count an iota against you "in the dark backward and abysm of Time."

I've been exploring the dark backwards and abysm of the Bronx—afoot.

A horseman dashed to the front; and, poising his horse upon the very edge, looked down into the abysm.

It is easy to see how such conditions profoundly limit the development of organic being in the abysm of the ocean.

"Four years," said Andrew looking into the dark backward and abysm of time.

Phil and I had been classmates in the dark backward and abysm, and we were still, in a manner of speaking, friends.

The flooring of these colossal garrets has crevices in it through which one can look down into the abysm, the church, below.

This makes their date one of incalculable antiquity; they are removed from us by a ‘dark backward and abysm of time.’

Word Value for abysm
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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