fathomlessness means the state or condition of being fathomless. It carries an Arena rating of 1663, earned across 3 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, fathomlessness ranks #14 of 13,217 for Most Sublime Words, #1,789 of 13,217 for Most Ponderous Words, #2,152 of 13,217 for Scariest Words, #2,804 of 13,217 for The Improbable.
Why “fathomlessness” is a great word
The state or quality of being impossible to measure or comprehend fully. From fathomless (from Middle English fathomes (from Old English fæþm, "outstretched arms, embrace, fathom") + -less ("without")) + -ness (suffix forming abstract nouns). Unlike "infinity," which suggests a mathematical boundlessness, or "unfathomable," which describes the incomprehensible thing itself, fathomlessness is the named condition of that ultimate obscurity. It is the vertigo of staring into a perfectly black sea at midnight, the silence that follows a question too vast to answer, or the cold terror of a dream where you fall without end toward no bottom—the profound recognition that some depths are not for plumbing, only for acknowledging.
Etymology
From fathomless + -ness.
noun
- The state or condition of being fathomless.
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