# sesspool

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Archaic form of cesspool.

## Etymology
From English dialect suss (“hogwash”), soss (“a dirty mess, a puddle”) + pool (“a puddle”). According to the OED, the first element is from earlier suspiral (“water pipe, setting tank”).
Compare Goidelic ses (“a coarse mess”), English cess (“the boggy foreshore of a tidal river”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sesspool