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deluginous

deluginous adjective: deluge-like; overwhelmingly abundant.

Adjective

deluginous (comparative more deluginous, superlative most deluginous)

  1. (rare) Deluge-like; overwhelmingly abundant.
    • Seas to surprise thee, or enthralls
      Earth to deluginous ocean, […]1897, George Darley, Nepenthe, London: Elkin Mathews, Canto II, page 33
    • The roast beef and plum pudding were only just consumed when, as William Lucas records, ‘ a grand storm of thunder and lightning and a deluginous rain ’ broke up the company and silenced the hired music from the City of London.1929, William Lucas, edited by Reginald Hine, The History Of Hitchin, volume II, London: George Allen & Unwin, page 425

Forms of deluginous

comparativemore deluginous
superlativemost deluginous

Origin of deluginous

From deluge + -inous, with -inous, from -in- on analogy of Latin -in- oblique stem of third declension + -ous. Likely coined by George Darley, who first used the term in 1897.

Questions about deluginous

What does deluginous mean?
Deluginous means deluge-like; overwhelmingly abundant.
What part of speech is deluginous?
Deluginous is an adjective.

Words near deluginous in the dictionary

  1. delugers
  2. deluges
  3. delugeth
  4. deluging
  5. delugings
  6. deluginous
  7. delulu
  8. delulu pills
  9. delulus
  10. deluminate
  11. deluminated

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