cesspool

Meaning

Noun

• An underground pit where sewage is held.
• A filthy place.

Related

Similar words

• septic tank
• cesspit
• gongpit

Origin

• From earlier sesspool. Origin uncertain.
• Possibly an alteration of English dialectal suspool, from soss + pool. Alternatively, from a folk etymology (influence from pool) from earlier cesperalle, alteration of Middle English suspiral, from Middle French souspirail ("air hole"), from soupirer, souspirer, from Latin suspirare.