deep seated (depse ted)

Far removed from the surface; deeply rooted or lodged; firmly implanted: as, a deep - seated disease; deep - seated prejudice. His grief was too deep - seated for outward manifestation. Barham , In golds by Legends, I. 257. deep-set (dēp's et), a. Set deeply; fixed far downward or inward, as the eyes in their sockets. His deep - set eyes, Bright 'mid his wrinkles, made him seem right wise. William Morris, Earthly Paradise, III. 334. deep so met (dēp's um), a. [ deep + -some .] Deep, or somewhat deep. This said, he [Proteus] diu'd the deep some watrie heapes. Chapman, Ody ey, iv.