bottomless

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bottomless

  • /ˈbɒtəm.ləs/ UK
  • /ˈbatəmlɪs/ US

Where it comes from

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”).

adjective

  1. not comparable 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.
  2. not comparable Extremely deep.
  3. not comparable Having no bounds; limitless. The restaurant offered bottomless drinks.

    Similar: boundless

  4. not comparable Of a meal: accompanied by unlimited drinks. I get a message from some school friends about a bottomless brunch they want to go to.
  5. not comparable Difficult to understand; unfathomable.
  6. Philippines, not comparable refillable (usually for iced tea or other such cold beverages)
  7. not comparable Not wearing clothes below the waist; particularly not wearing clothes that would cover the genitalia.

Similar: limitless, unbottomed, unbounded

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adjective

Similar: limitless, unbottomed, unbounded

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adj having no bottom

Españolsin fondo
हिन्दीअथाह athāh
Portuguêssem fundo
Italianosenza fondo
Ελληνικάάπατος ápatos
Русскийбездо́нный bezdónnyj

adj extremely deep

Françaisinsondable
Italianosenza fondo
Ελληνικάάπατος ápatos
Русскийбездо́нный bezdónnyj

adj having no bounds; limitless

Italianosenza fondo

adj naked from the waist down

Françaiscul-nu, cul nu, les fesses à l'air
Русскийбез штанов bez štanov, бесштанный besštannyj, голый ниже пояса golyj niže pojasa, голозадый golozadyj, голозадая golozadaja, голозадое golozadoje
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@misc{bottomless_2026,
  title = {bottomless},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bottomless},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}