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abysmal (adj.)
1650s, formed in English from
abysm
+
-al
(1). Weakened sense of "extremely bad" is first recorded 1904, perhaps from
abysmal ignorance
(suggestive of its "depth"), an expression attested from 1847. Related:
Abysmally
.
