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depthless, a.|ˈdɛpθlɪs|
[-less.]
1. Of which the depth cannot be sounded; fathomless; abyssal.
1619H. Hutton Follies' Anat. 22 A sabariticke sea, a depthlesse gulfe. 1620Dekker Dreame (1860) 13 Were..My pen of pointed adamant..Mine inke a depthlesse sea. 1654E. Johnson Wond. wrkg. Provid. 132 The depthlesse ditches that blind guides lead into. 1828Blackw. Mag. XXIV. 159 The salt flood's limitless—depthless waters.
2. Without depth actually; shallow, superficial.
1816Coleridge Biog. Lit., etc. (1882) 318 The depthless abstractions of fleeting phenomena, the shadows of sailing vapours. 1825― Aids Refl. (1854) 122 The breadthless lines, depthless surfaces, and perfect circles of geometry. |