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bottomless en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbatəmlɪs/ (US)
  • /ˈbɒtəm.ləs/ (UK)
  • (Southern-England) audio

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”).

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having no bottom.
    • 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:
    • 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:
  2. (not-comparable) Extremely deep.
  3. (not-comparable) Having no bounds; limitless.
    • The restaurant offered bottomless drinks.
  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. 2021, Rebecca Reid, Rude: Stop Being Nice and Start Being Bold, page 199:
  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.

Coordinates

topless (not wearing clothes below the waist) · naked (not wearing clothes below the waist)

Deriveds

bottomless pit · bottomlessness · bottomlessly

Synonyms

unbounded · unbottomed · boundless (having no bounds; limitless) · limitless

Translations (78)

fi rajaton (having no bounds; limitless) · el άπατος (having no bottom) · ka უძირო (having no bottom) · da bundløs (having no bottom) · fi pohjaton (extremely deep) · fi käsittämätön (difficult to understand) · ru голый ниже пояса (naked from the waist down) · scn scuffatu (having no bottom) · sv bottenlös (naked from the waist down) · enm groundles (having no bottom) · da bundløs (extremely deep) · enm botemles (naked from the waist down) · scn senza funnu (extremely deep) · lt bedugnis (extremely deep) · scn cû culu a l'àriu (naked from the waist down) · enm botemles (having no bottom) · nl bodemloze (extremely deep) · bg бездънен (extremely deep) · scn cû culu di 'n chianu (naked from the waist down) · ru в голозадом виде (naked from the waist down) · grc ἄβυσσος (having no bottom) · ang grundlēas (extremely deep) · nl bodemloos (extremely deep) · sa अबुध्न (having no bottom) · ka უძირო (extremely deep) · it senza fondo (having no bounds; limitless) · af bodemloos (having no bounds; limitless) · tr altsız (having no bottom) · hi अथाह (having no bottom) · cs bezedný (having no bottom) · pt sem fundo (having no bottom) · vi truồng (naked from the waist down) · el άπατος (extremely deep) · it senza fondo (having no bottom) · bg без дъно (having no bottom) · ka უფსკერო (having no bottom) · ru голозадый (naked from the waist down) · bg без седалка (having no bottom) · fi paljaspeppuinen (naked from the waist down) · ru бездо́нный (extremely deep) · pl bezdenny (having no bottom) · sv bottenlös (having no bottom) · it senza fondo (extremely deep) · af bodemloos (extremely deep) · ru без штанов (naked from the waist down) · sv byxlös (naked from the waist down) · fi alaosaton (having no bottom) · fr cul-nu (naked from the waist down) · scn cû culu di fora (naked from the waist down) · ang grundlēas (having no bottom) · ru голозадая (naked from the waist down) · tr dipsiz (extremely deep) · fr insondable (extremely deep) · ru бесштанный (naked from the waist down) · ka უფსკერო (extremely deep) · fi paljaspyllyinen (naked from the waist down) · fi pohjaton (having no bottom) · hu feneketlen (extremely deep) · eo senfunda (having no bottom) · is berrassaður (naked from the waist down) · fr les fesses à l'air (naked from the waist down) · fi pohjaton (having no bounds; limitless) · pl niezgłębiony (having no bounds; limitless) · da bar underkrop (naked from the waist down) · ru бездо́нный (having no bottom) · fi alaosaton (naked from the waist down) · fo brókaleysur (naked from the waist down) · lt bedugnis (having no bottom) · es sin fondo (having no bottom) · pl bezdenny (having no bounds; limitless) · ru голозадое (naked from the waist down) · sk dole bez (naked from the waist down) · scn senza funnu (having no bottom) · af bodemloos (having no bottom) · cs bezedný (extremely deep) · grc ἄβυσσος (extremely deep) · fr cul nu (naked from the waist down) · hu feneketlen (having no bottom)