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cesspool
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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.

[Perhaps alteration (influenced by pool) 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.]

cesspool [ˈsɛsˌpuːl], cesspit [ˈsɛsˌpɪt]
n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) Also called sink sump a covered cistern, etc., for collecting and storing sewage or waste water
2. a filthy or corrupt place a cesspool of iniquity
[changed (through influence of pool1) from earlier cesperalle, from Old French souspirail vent, air, from soupirer to sigh; see suspire]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cesspool - a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
cistern - an artificial reservoir for storing liquids; especially an underground tank for storing rainwater
Translations
cesspool [ˈsɛspuːl] nfosse f d'aisance
cesspool
n
Senk- or Jauchegrube f, → Latrine f
(fig)Sumpf m; a cesspool of viceein Sündenpfuhl m


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