Deepness
/ˈdiːpnəs/ noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state or quality of being deep (either physically or metaphorically) uncountable, usually
- 2 a low pitch that is loud and voluminous wordnet
- 3 the extent downward or backward or inward wordnet
- 4 the quality of being physically deep wordnet
- 5 the intellectual ability to penetrate deeply into ideas wordnet
Etymology
From Middle English depnesse, from Old English dēopnes (“deepness; depth; an abyss”), from Proto-West Germanic *deupnassī, equivalent to deep + -ness. Cognate with German Low German Deepnis (“deepness, depth”).