cesspool

The definition of a cesspool is a gross, disgusting or corrupt place, or an underground storage for sewage from sinks and toilets.

(noun)

A place that is filthy dirty and gross is an example of a cesspool.

See cesspool in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a deep hole or pit in the ground, usually covered, to receive drainage or sewage from the sinks, toilets, etc. of a house
a center of moral corruption

Origin: < ? It cesso, privy < L secessus, place of retirement (in LL, privy, drain): see secede

See cesspool in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps alteration (influenced by pool¹)

Origin: of obsolete cesperalle, drainpipe

Origin: , from Middle English suspiral, vent

Origin: , from Old French sospirail, breathing hole

Origin: , from souspirer, to breathe

Origin: , from Latin suspīrāre, to sigh; see suspire

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