cesspool

cess·pool

 (sĕs′po͞ol′)

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 pool) of obsolete cesperalle, drainpipe, from Middle English suspiral, vent, from Old French sospirail, breathing hole, from souspirer, to breathe, from Latin suspīrāre, to sigh; see suspire.]

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cesspool

(ˈsɛsˌpuːl) or

cesspit

n

1. (Building) Also called: sink or sump a covered cistern, etc, for collecting and storing sewage or waste water

2. a filthy or corrupt place: a cesspool of iniquity.

[C17: changed (through influence of pool¹) from earlier cesperalle, from Old French souspirail vent, air, from soupirer to sigh; see suspire]

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cess•pool

(ˈsɛsˌpul)

n.

1. a reservoir for the sediment of a drain or for receiving the sewage from a house.

2. a place of filth or immorality.

[1575–85; cess (< Italian cesso privy < Latin rēcessus recess]

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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

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cesspool

noun

A place known for its great filth or corruption:

cesspit, pit, sink.

Slang: armpit.

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Translations

poll-cacažumpa

likakaivo

szambo

cesspool

[ˈsɛspuːl] n → fosse f d'aisance

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cesspool

n

→ Senk- or Jauchegrube f, → Latrine f

(fig) → Sumpf m; a cesspool of vice → ein Sündenpfuhl m

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