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floody

floody adjective: pertaining to or characteristic of a flood or flooding.

Adjective

floody (comparative floodier or more floody, superlative floodiest or most floody)

  1. Pertaining to or characteristic of a flood or flooding
    • The adjoining figure represents an under-shot wheel in floody water, or when the river is high, and the water up to its shaft.1825, Mechanics' Magazine and Journal of Science, Arts, and Manufactures
    • We strolled along floody beaches in gloaming twilights; […]1987, Frank Luger, Herzenblut, page 253

Forms of floody

comparativefloodier
comparativemore floody
superlativefloodiest
superlativemost floody

Origin of floody

From Middle English floody, fludy, equivalent to flood + -y.

Words that rhyme with floody

Questions about floody

What does floody mean?
Floody means pertaining to or characteristic of a flood or flooding.
What part of speech is floody?
Floody is an adjective.

Words near floody in the dictionary

  1. floodwater
  2. floodwaters
  3. floodway
  4. floodways
  5. floodwood
  6. floody
  7. flooey
  8. floof
  9. floofed
  10. floofer
  11. floofers

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