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sluicy

/ˈsluːsi/

sluicy adjective: falling copiously or in streams, as if from a sluice.

Adjective

sluicy (comparative more sluicy, superlative most sluicy)

  1. Falling copiously or in streams, as if from a sluice.
    • And oft whole sheets descend of sluicy rain.1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC

Forms of sluicy

comparativemore sluicy
superlativemost sluicy

Origin of sluicy

From sluice + -y.

Words that rhyme with sluicy

Questions about sluicy

What does sluicy mean?
Sluicy means falling copiously or in streams, as if from a sluice.
What part of speech is sluicy?
Sluicy is an adjective.
How do you pronounce sluicy?
Sluicy is pronounced /ˈsluːsi/.

Words near sluicy in the dictionary

  1. sluicing
  2. sluicing one's bolt
  3. sluicing out
  4. sluicingly
  5. sluicings
  6. sluicy
  7. sluing
  8. Sluis
  9. sluit
  10. sluits
  11. slum

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