chasmal

English

Etymology

chasm +‎ -al

Adjective

chasmal (comparative more chasmal, superlative most chasmal)

1. Of or like a chasm.

   Synonym: (rare) chasmatical

   • 1850, Edgar Allan Poe, “The Poetic Principle”, in The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe, volume III:

     He must be blind indeed who does not perceive the radical and chasmal difference between the truthful and the poetical modes of inculcation.

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:chasmal.

Synonyms

• chasmic

Related terms

• chasm
• chasma

Anagrams

• chamals, maslach