cesspool
Meanings
Plural: cesspools
Noun
- a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it
- An underground pit where sewage is held.
- A filthy place.
Origin / Etymology
From earlier sesspool. Origin uncertain.
Perhaps from Italian cesso (“privy, toilet”) + English pool. Alternatively, an alteration of English dialectal suspool, from suss, soss (“puddle; mire”) + pool. Another possible derivation is from a folk etymology (influence from pool) from earlier cesperalle, alteration of Middle English suspiral, from Middle French souspirail (“air hole”), from soupirer, souspirer (“to sigh, breathe”), from Latin suspirare.
Scrabble Score: 12
cesspool is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordcesspool is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
cesspool is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 15
cesspool is a valid Words With Friends word