Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

depthless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables: depth-less
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having no depth, or having a depth that is impossible to determine; immeasurably deep.

Example Sentences

"The result is not an image of the natural world in a tapestry but a depiction of nature as a tapestry: a splendid, impenetrable, depthless screen of shivering pixels."

Etymology

Etymology tree English depth Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English depthless From depth + -less.

Derived Forms

depthlessly depthlessness

Synonyms

deep

Questions

What does depthless mean?: Having no depth, or having a depth that is impossible to determine; immeasurably deep.
Where does depthless come from?: Etymology tree English depth Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English depthless From depth + -less.

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