"sesspool" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sesspools [plural]
Etymology: From English dialect suss (“hogwash”), soss (“a dirty mess, a puddle”) + pool (“a puddle”). According to the OED, the first element is from earlier suspiral (“water pipe, setting tank”). Compare Goidelic ses (“a coarse mess”), English cess (“the boggy foreshore of a tidal river”). Etymology templates: {{m|en|suss|t=hogwash}} suss (“hogwash”), {{m|en|soss|t=a dirty mess, a puddle}} soss (“a dirty mess, a puddle”), {{m|en|pool|t=a puddle}} pool (“a puddle”), {{m|en|suspiral|t=water pipe, setting tank}} suspiral (“water pipe, setting tank”), {{cog|cel-gae}} Goidelic, {{m|und|ses|t=a coarse mess}} ses (“a coarse mess”), {{cog|en|cess|t=the boggy foreshore of a tidal river}} English cess (“the boggy foreshore of a tidal river”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} sesspool (plural sesspools)
  1. Archaic form of cesspool. Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: cesspool
    Sense id: en-sesspool-en-noun-85ukJ-Ir Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Undetermined language links

Inflected forms

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