"chasmous" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From chasm + -ous. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|chasm|-ous}} chasm + -ous Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} chasmous (not comparable)
  1. Like a chasm or gulf. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-chasmous-en-adj-pEBUDXcC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ous, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ous: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5
  2. (possibly nonstandard) Cavernous, like a vast hollow space. Tags: nonstandard, not-comparable, possibly
    Sense id: en-chasmous-en-adj-OlVMX3TT
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          "ref": "1879, Sir Alexander Cunningham, The Stûpa of Bharhut, page 61:",
          "text": "Then was heard the mountain torrent\nSwelling with a mighty current\nCraggy rocks and boulders o'er\nLike the sullen thunders' roar\nIn the chasmous dell beneath,\nHearing which the Elephant\nDown that perilous descent\nMadly plunging met his death.",
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          "ref": "2014, David Blixt, The Prince's Doom, Sordelet Ink, →ISBN:",
          "text": "There's always an arranged marriage. I can attest to their efficacy – though perhaps you should try an age gap less chasmous than Cesco's. Or mine! Also, it seems to me that if a woman wooed you, you could marry her.",
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          "ref": "2014, Molly Miltenberger Murray, Today, She Is, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 62:",
          "text": "I stand around them, I talk, I laugh, because I have to make believe that I can talk and laugh with people my age and ignore the chasmous depths whirling in blackness between us.",
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          "ref": "1997, Charles E. Davies, The Blood-red Arab Flag: An Investigation Into Qasimi Piracy, 1797-1820, University of Exeter Press, →ISBN, page 271:",
          "text": "Where once, off Cape Musandam, Indian sailors would pause for the sake of a propitious voyage to cast flowers, coconuts and fruit, or launch a model boat, upon the waters, chasmous oil tankers and cargo ships now process blithely and ...",
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          "ref": "2012, Timothy Lopez, Citadel, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 131:",
          "text": "[...What] they had mistakenly landed on in their fright and confusion, dark raspy voices could be heard, and as Bryn did his best at listening in, he could slightly overhear what was being discussed at the end of that chasmous tunnel.",
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        "(possibly nonstandard) Cavernous, like a vast hollow space."
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          "text": "There's always an arranged marriage. I can attest to their efficacy – though perhaps you should try an age gap less chasmous than Cesco's. Or mine! Also, it seems to me that if a woman wooed you, you could marry her.",
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