bottomless
adjUK /ˈbɒtəm.ləs/ · US /ˈbatəmlɪs/
Etymology 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”).
7 senses
1
Having no bottom.
- The vast swamps of Southern Ontario proved a grim nightmare to the construction gangs. Treacherous and seemingly bottomless, the swamps swallowed thousands of tons of timber and debris, yet still afforded no firm surface on which the track could be laid.1954 February, Trevor Holloway, “Canada's Transcontinental Routes”, in Railway Magazine, page 128:
- And while the railway's finances will forever remain a bottomless black hole, Highways England finances are rapidly becoming a bottomless pothole!2021 May 5, “Open Access: Saving our structures”, in RAIL, number 930, page 40:
2
Extremely deep.
3
Having no bounds; limitless.
- The restaurant offered bottomless drinks.
4
Of a meal: accompanied by unlimited drinks.
- I get a message from some school friends about a bottomless brunch they want to go to.2021, Rebecca Reid, Rude: Stop Being Nice and Start Being Bold, page 199:
5
Difficult to understand; unfathomable.
6
Philippines refillable (usually for iced tea or other such cold beverages)
7
Not wearing clothes below the waist; particularly not wearing clothes that would cover the genitalia.
- Synonyms
- boundless, limitless, unbottomed, unbounded
- Derived terms
- bottomlessly, bottomlessness, bottomless pit