How do you pronounce bottomless?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbatəmlɪs/.

Where does bottomless come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

bottomless

/ˈbatəmlɪs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables: bot-tom-less
IPA: /ˈbatəmlɪs/

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Meaning

adj

Having no bottom.

adj

Extremely deep.

adj

Having no bounds; limitless.

adj

Of a meal: accompanied by unlimited drinks.

adj

Difficult to understand; unfathomable.

adj

refillable (usually for iced tea or other such cold beverages)

adj

Not wearing clothes below the waist; particularly not wearing clothes that would cover the genitalia.

Example Sentences

"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."
"And while the railway's finances will forever remain a bottomless black hole, Highways England finances are rapidly becoming a bottomless pothole!"
"The restaurant offered bottomless drinks."
"I get a message from some school friends about a bottomless brunch they want to go to."

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”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: botemles
Suffix: bottom

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈbatəmlɪs/
British English: /ˈbɒtəm.ləs/

Derived Forms

bottomlessly bottomlessness

Phrases

bottomless pit

Frequently Paired Words

topless naked

Synonyms

boundless limitless unbottomed unbounded