depe

Middle English

/deːp/

adj
Definitions
  • deep extending or being greatly below the ground, being of deepness
  • deep extending or being greatly in the interior
  • (with another adjective) Located at a certain deepness.
  • Boggy, impassable due to mud or dirt.
  • Meaningful, significant; having a lot of importance.
  • Heartfelt, passionate; having a lot of feeling.
  • Weightily, significantly; with a lot of portentousness.
  • Esoteric, incomprehensible, difficult to interpret or learn.
  • Powerful, profuse, excessive, prominent.
  • (rare) far extending or being greatly in any measurement
  • (rare) A lot; a large or great amount.

Etymology

Inherited from Old English dēop (deep, profound, serious, great, mysterious, earnest, awful, heinous, solemn, extreme) inherited from Proto-Germanic *deupaz (deep) root from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewb- (deep, hollow).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*dʰewb-

Gloss

deep, hollow

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Kanji

深

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