Main Entry: cess·pool

Pronunciation: \-ˌpül\

Function: 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 cesspool of corruption>