depnesse
Middle English
Alternative forms
- deopnesse, depenes, depnes, depenesse, deepnesse
Etymology
From Old English dēopnes; equivalent to depe + -nesse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdeːpnɛs/
Noun
depnesse (plural depnessis)
- A watery body or large concentration of water; the ocean.
- A location or locale of depth; especially the sea floor.
- The lower or inside part of something; the interior of something.
- depth; deepness (the amount by which something is below the surface)
- depth; deepness (the amount by which something reaches below the surface)
- depth (the third dimension, after height and width)
- (rare) Sagacity; sagaciousness; the quality of being wise.
- (rare, Early Middle English) Direness; the quality of being of serious import
- (rare) Magnitude; quantity.
- (rare) A unknown or hidden piece of knowledge.
Descendants
- English: deepness
- Scots: deepness
References
- “dẹ̄pnes(se (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-29.