Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - cesspool
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Cesspool
cesspool
noun Etymology: perhaps by folk etymology from Middle English suspiral vent, tap on a main pipe, settling pool, from Anglo-French, suspirale vent, from suspirer to sigh, exhale, from Latin suspirare, literally, to draw a long breath — more at suspire Date: 1782 1. an underground reservoir for liquid waste (as household sewage) 2. a filthy, evil, or corrupt place or state a ~ of corruption and power
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n. 1 an underground container for the temporary storage of liquid waste or sewage. 2 a centre of corruption, depravity, etc. Etymology: perh. alt., after POOL(1), f. earlier cesperalle, f. suspiral vent, water-pipe, f. OF souspirail air-hole f. L suspirare breathe up, sigh (as SUB-, spirare breathe) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) выгребная яма; сточный колодец 2) англ. коллектор водосточного жёлоба; воронка водосточной трубы - leaching cesspool ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1. выгребная яма 2. сточный колодец 3. отстойник 4. клоака a cesspool of corruption —- гнездо взяточников ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1671, alteration of suspiral (c.1400), "drainpipe," from O.Fr. souspirail "a vent, air hole," from souspirer "breathe," from L. suspirare "breathe deep." Meaning extended to "tank at the end of the pipe," which led to folk etymology change in final syllable. Alternate etymologies: It. cesso "privy," from L. secessus "place of retirement" (in L.L. "privy, drain"); dial. suspool, from suss, soss "puddle;" or cess "a bog on the banks of a tidal river." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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