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)

  1. A great flood or rain.
    The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt.
  2. An overwhelming amount of something.
    The rock concert was a deluge of sound.

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[edit] Verb

deluge (third-person singular simple present deluges, present participle deluging, simple past and past participle deluged)

  1. (transitive) To flood with water.
  2. (transitive) To overwhelm.
    After the announcement, they were deluged with requests for more information.

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[edit] References

  • 1996, T.F. Hoad, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Etymology, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0192830988

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