deluge
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old French deluge, alteration of earlier deluvie, from Latin dīluvium, from lavō (“wash”)
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˈdɛl.juːdʒ/, SAMPA: /"dEl.jU:dZ/
- (US) IPA: /ˈdɛl.ju(ː)dʒ/, /ˈdɛl.ju(ː)ʒ/
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[edit] Noun
deluge (plural deluges)
- A great flood or rain.
- The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt.
- An overwhelming amount of something.
- The rock concert was a deluge of sound.
[edit] Translations
A great flood
An overwhelming amount of something
The Deluge
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[edit] Verb
deluge (third-person singular simple present deluges, present participle deluging, simple past and past participle deluged)
- (transitive) To flood with water.
- (transitive) To overwhelm.
- After the announcement, they were deluged with requests for more information.
[edit] Translations
To flood with water
To overwhelm
[edit] References
- 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192830988
