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I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
Wendell Berry

Meaning of "bottomlessness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BOTTOMLESSNESS

bottomlessness  [ˈbɒtəmləsnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOTTOMLESSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bottomlessness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BOTTOMLESSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nudity

Nudity or nakedness is the state of wearing no clothing. Wearing of clothing is a predominantly human characteristic which evolved from functional needs such as protection against cold after the loss of body hair and migration to colder areas and correlated with lice infestation. The amount of clothing worn depends on functional considerations, such as a need for warmth or protection from the elements, and social considerations. In some circumstances, a minimum amount of clothing or none at all may be considered socially acceptable, while in others much more clothing may be expected.

Definition of bottomlessness in the English dictionary

The definition of bottomlessness in the dictionary is the quality of being very deep or bottomless.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BOTTOMLESSNESS


airlessness
ˈɛələsnəs
blamelessness
ˈbleɪmləsnəs
dreamlessness
ˈdriːmləsnəs
effortlessness
ˈɛfətləsnəs
endlessness
ˈɛndləsnəs
fabulousness
ˈfæbjʊləsnəs
fathomlessness
ˈfæðəmləsnəs
flawlessness
ˈflɔːləsnəs
godlessness
ˈɡɒdləsnəs
harmlessness
ˈhɑːmləsnəs
heedlessness
ˈhiːdləsnəs
jealousness
ˈdʒɛləsnəs
landlessness
ˈlændləsnəs
meaninglessness
ˈmiːnɪŋləsnəs
mindlessness
ˈmaɪndləsnəs
namelessness
ˈneɪmləsnəs
seamlessness
ˈsiːmləsnəs
statelessness
ˈsteɪtləsnəs
weightlessness
ˈweɪtləsnəs
worklessness
ˈwɜːkləsnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOTTOMLESSNESS

bottom feeder
bottom fisher
bottom fishing
bottom gear
bottom house
bottom line
bottom out
bottom-up
bottom-up processing
bottomer
bottoming
bottomland
bottomless
bottomlessly
bottommost
bottomness
bottomries
bottomry
bottoms up
bottomset bed

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOTTOMLESSNESS

biliousness
business
callousness
carelessness
consciousness
deliciousness
deviousness
helplessness
hilariousness
homelessness
hopelessness
lawlessness
nervousness
obviousness
preciousness
restlessness
ridiculousness
righteousness
seriousness
unconsciousness
viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of bottomlessness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bottomlessness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOTTOMLESSNESS

Find out the translation of bottomlessness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bottomlessness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bottomlessness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

bottomlessness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sin fondo
570 millions of speakers

English

bottomlessness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bottomlessness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

bottomlessness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бездонность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bottomlessness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

bottomlessness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sans fond
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kekurangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bodenlosigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

bottomlessness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bottomlessness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bottomlessness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bottomlessness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bottomlessness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तळटीप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dipsizliğin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bottomlessness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bottomlessness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бездонність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bottomlessness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bottomlessness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bottomlessness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bottomlessness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bottomlessness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bottomlessness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOTTOMLESSNESS»

The term «bottomlessness» is barely ever used and occupies the 197.202 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BOTTOMLESSNESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bottomlessness» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bottomlessness» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bottomlessness

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QUOTES WITH «BOTTOMLESSNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bottomlessness.
1
Wendell Berry
I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOTTOMLESSNESS»

Discover the use of bottomlessness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bottomlessness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
On Deconstruction: Theory and Criticism After Structuralism
It is remarkable how long men will believe in the bottomlessness of a pond without taking the trouble to sound it. I have visited two such Bottomless Ponds in one walk in this neighborhood. Many have believed that Walden reached quite ...
Jonathan D. Culler, 1982
2
Walden by Haiku
stories told / ofthe pond's bottomlessness /they have no foundation “There have been many stories told about the bottom, or rather no bottom, ofthis pond, which certainly had no foundation for themselves” (285). The pun is obvious—the stories ...
Ian Marshall, 2012
3
The Vernacular, Mystical Theology of Jan Van Ruusbroec: ...
However, anthropologically speaking, God satisfies Himself with the soul precisely as a bottomlessness or abyss (ene grondeloesheit). In other words, only in the soul's ground does God have His pleasure (ghenoechte) of Himself to the full ...
Pyong-Gwan Pak, 2008
4
Derrida and Différance
... leads to the thought of bottomlessness, infinite redoubling, the abyss of representation, the mise-en-abyme, and beyond. But what could possibly be underneath the being-underneath of the abyss? "The serious play offort/da tethers absence ...
David Wood, Robert Bernasconi, 1985
5
Religion and Nothingness
... this meaninglessness and non-discernment are not the same as we find them on the standpoint of nihilism. Here non-discernment is the bottomlessness of the discernment that takes place on any given occasion, its reality, its true suchness.
Keiji Nishitani, 1983
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Heartless Immensity: Literature, Culture, and Geography in ...
At first, typically setting himself in opposition to the village and to conventional wisdom in general, he is patronizingly eager to disprove rumors of Walden's bottomlessness: "There have been many stories told about the bottom, or rather no ...
Anne Baker, 2006
7
God Is Dead and I Don't Feel So Good Myself: Theological ...
His work argues that in light of the bottomlessness ofthe chessboard, a bottomlessness that is impervious to imperial logic, beings are no longer ontologically positioned as pawns because there are no hierarchically set power schemes.
Andrew David, Christopher J. Keller, Jon Stanley, 2010
8
The Buddha-Christ as the Lord of the True Self: The ...
42 On the other hand, however, he then stresses also that "in the eschatological idea" which deals with that "bottomlessness," "is contained something more" than a "scientific actuality"43 and that this "dimension of bottomlessness" represents ...
Fritz Buri, 1997
9
No Man's Garden: Thoreau And A New Vision For Civilization ...
remarkable. how. long. men. will. believe. in. the. bottomlessness. of. a. pond. without taking the trouble to sound it," he wrote. "Many have believed that Walden reached quite through to the other side of the globe." And so he became ...
Daniel B. Botkin, 2001
10
"Deep and Pure for a Symbol": Symbolism of Walden Pond in ...
... In order to 'translate' his experience to his readers, Thoreau uses natural imagery in a highly symbolic way. ... In the book we find the pond described in a very detailed way: its size, the depth, the flora and fauna.
Ilona Kramer, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOTTOMLESSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bottomlessness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Important poll: Democrats more likely to have had sex in public than …
... manner of public nudity offenses, from female toplessness to male bottomlessness to either gender engaging in “mooning” to sex in public. «Hot Air, May 15»
2
Elisabeth Moss, Carey Mulligan share a sensibility on separate stages
Moss is a more discreet presence. Her keen intelligence is revealed in the bottomlessness of her stare. Like Robin, the detective in the hypnotic ... «Los Angeles Times, Apr 15»
3
Oscars 2015: Julianne Moore is a quiet miracle
The banally nonsexual pretext for Moore's character's bottomlessness in this scene — she's simply spilled something on her skirt before a party ... «National Post, Feb 15»
4
Music review: Singaporean pianist Jeremy Monteiro's Verve debut is …
The brothers then bounce out of bottomlessness, float high and beyond and then crash defiantly with Catastrophy, with its frenetic "That's all, ... «The Straits Times, Oct 14»
5
The real space oddity, Chris Hadfield, is down-to-Earth
“The world on one side, the bottomlessness of the Universe on the other—you're in the Universe with the world.” Hadfield said that NASA allots ... «Ars Technica, Oct 14»
6
Retired Astronaut Chris Hadfield Releases Stunning Space Photos
“To have the world on one side, like this huge kaleidoscope, and then the bottomlessness of the Universe right there beside you,” said Hadfield, ... «Universe Today, Oct 14»
7
The martyrdom of Steven Sotloff
There is something comforting in the tenor of anger; it caps the bottomlessness of grief by bringing direction and focus. When there is no ... «The Jewish Journal of Greater L.A., Sep 14»
8
Why would anyone threaten to poison the Mets?
There is a futile bottomlessness to the prospect of scaling Elliot Rodger's personal mountain of murderous umbrage, or the idea of the long slog ... «SB Nation, Sep 14»
9
Good teachers, memorable lessons
From Ms. McCampbell and Mr. Hoffenkamp (high school) I learned an essential lesson about the bottomlessness of art. If you take your time ... «Boston Globe, Aug 14»
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Bottomlessness is not. (THANK GOD!!!) az. We all have seen our round of trifling prom dresses. Well, call Rihanna the inspiration! Rihanna is ... «Madame Noire, Jun 14»

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