gulfyadj.

/ˈɡʌlfi/

Forms: 1500s gulffy, 1500s–1800s gulfie, gulfye, 1600s gulphie, 1700s–1800s gulphy, 1800s gulfy.

Etymology: < gulf n. + -y suffix¹.

poetic.

1. Full of eddies or whirlpools. Also, whirlpool-like.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > whirlpool > [adjective] > full of

gulfy1594

gulf-stomached?1611

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > whirlpool > [adjective] > like

vorageous1490

gulfy1594

voraginous1624

1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iv. 141 There thousands vncleane Harpyes might you vew,..And gulffy Scillaes an huge barcking crew.

1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades ii. 538 Well built ships..To passe the gulffy purple Sea.

1673 J. Milton At Vacation Exercise in Poems (new ed.) 68 Rivers arise; whether thou be the Son, Of utmost Tweed, or Oose, or gulphie Dun.

1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 1071 Where gulphy Xanthus foams along the Fields.

1792 E. Darwin Bot. Garden i. 49 The cliffs of Orkney's gulphy coast.

1856 T. Aird Poet. Wks. (new ed.) 69 He sate and eyed The gulfy eddyings of the woolly smoke.

†a. figurative. Deep as an abyss; abysmal. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adjective] > very

groundlessc888

bottomlessc1400

profound?a1425

neal1574

soundlessc1595

insoundable1602

gulfy1607

unbottomed1615

depthless1619

unsoundable1629

chin-deep1634

fathomless1638

abysming1644

unfounded1648

abysmal1656

plumbless1665

unfathomablea1676

chasmy1793

fathom-deep1835

plummetlessc1861

chasmal1871

abyssal1903

1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 154 The gulfye bottome of despaire.

1738 H. Brooke tr. T. Tasso Jerusalem ii. 641 One step alone 'twixt triumph and defeat, The gulphy ruin and the towery height.

b. Full of hollows or depths.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hollow or depression > [adjective]

bosomy1611

denny1656

gulfy1791

pockety1893

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xxi. 447 Into his gulphy channel rush'd The refluent flood.

1807 J. Barlow Columbiad iv. 152 The waves..scoop that gulphy bed.

1839 W. B. Stonehouse Hist. Isle of Axholme 309 A narrow, miry, and gulphy lane.

1871 G. Macdonald Wks. Fancy & Imagination IV. 106 The well-pleased stars Threw quivering smiles across the gulfy skies.

figurative.1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie I. xi. 161 The cracks, crannies, and gulfy faults of our belief.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	gulfy
释义	gulfyadj. /ˈɡʌlfi/ Forms: 1500s gulffy, 1500s–1800s gulfie, gulfye, 1600s gulphie, 1700s–1800s gulphy, 1800s gulfy. Etymology: < gulf n. + -y suffix¹. poetic. 1. Full of eddies or whirlpools. Also, whirlpool-like. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > whirlpool > [adjective] > full of gulfy1594 gulf-stomached?1611 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > whirlpool > [adjective] > like vorageous1490 gulfy1594 voraginous1624 1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne iv. 141 There thousands vncleane Harpyes might you vew,..And gulffy Scillaes an huge barcking crew. 1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades ii. 538 Well built ships..To passe the gulffy purple Sea. 1673 J. Milton At Vacation Exercise in Poems (new ed.) 68 Rivers arise; whether thou be the Son, Of utmost Tweed, or Oose, or gulphie Dun. 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 1071 Where gulphy Xanthus foams along the Fields. 1792 E. Darwin Bot. Garden i. 49 The cliffs of Orkney's gulphy coast. 1856 T. Aird Poet. Wks. (new ed.) 69 He sate and eyed The gulfy eddyings of the woolly smoke. 2. †a. figurative. Deep as an abyss; abysmal. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adjective] > very groundlessc888 bottomlessc1400 profound?a1425 neal1574 soundlessc1595 insoundable1602 gulfy1607 unbottomed1615 depthless1619 unsoundable1629 chin-deep1634 fathomless1638 abysming1644 unfounded1648 abysmal1656 plumbless1665 unfathomablea1676 chasmy1793 fathom-deep1835 plummetlessc1861 chasmal1871 abyssal1903 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 154 The gulfye bottome of despaire. 1738 H. Brooke tr. T. Tasso Jerusalem ii. 641 One step alone 'twixt triumph and defeat, The gulphy ruin and the towery height. b. Full of hollows or depths. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > hollow or depression > [adjective] bosomy1611 denny1656 gulfy1791 pockety1893 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xxi. 447 Into his gulphy channel rush'd The refluent flood. 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad iv. 152 The waves..scoop that gulphy bed. 1839 W. B. Stonehouse Hist. Isle of Axholme 309 A narrow, miry, and gulphy lane. 1871 G. Macdonald Wks. Fancy & Imagination IV. 106 The well-pleased stars Threw quivering smiles across the gulfy skies. figurative.1879 G. MacDonald Sir Gibbie I. xi. 161 The cracks, crannies, and gulfy faults of our belief. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1594
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