deluge

[ del-yooj, -yoozh, del-ooj, -oozh, dih-looj, -loozh ]
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noun
  1. a great flood of water; inundation; flood.

  2. a drenching rain; downpour.

  1. anything that overwhelms like a flood: a deluge of mail.

  2. the Deluge. flood (def. 3).

verb (used with object),del·uged, del·ug·ing.
  1. to flood; inundate.

  2. to overrun; overwhelm: She was deluged with congratulatory letters.

Origin of deluge

1
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dīluvium “flood,” equivalent to dīluv-, base of dīluere “to wash away, dissolve” (dī- di2 + -luere, combining form of lavere “to wash”) + -ium -ium

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1. See flood.

Other words for deluge

Other words from deluge

  • un·del·uged, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for deluge (1 of 2)

deluge

/ (ˈdɛljuːdʒ) /


noun
  1. a great flood of water

  2. torrential rain; downpour

  1. an overwhelming rush or number: a deluge of requests

verb(tr)
  1. to flood, as with water; soak, swamp, or drown

  2. to overwhelm or overrun; inundate

Origin of deluge

1
C14: from Old French, from Latin dīluvium a washing away, flood, from dīluere to wash away, drench, from di- dis- 1 + -luere, from lavere to wash

British Dictionary definitions for Deluge (2 of 2)

Deluge

/ (ˈdɛljuːdʒ) /


noun
  1. the Deluge another name for the Flood

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