cesspool

cess·pool  (sspl)

n.

1. A covered hole or pit for receiving drainage or sewage, as from a house.

2. A filthy, disgusting, or morally corrupt place.

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[Perhaps alteration (influenced by pool¹) of obsolete cesperalle, drainpipe, from Middle English suspiral, vent, from Old French sospirail, breathing hole, from souspirer, to breathe, from Latin susprre, to sigh; see suspire.]

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cesspool or cesspit

Noun

a covered tank or pit for collecting and storing sewage or waste water [Old French souspirail air vent]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

cesspool - a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it cesspit, sump, sink cistern - an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater