deluge

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See also: Deluge and déluge

English

WOTD – 19 May 2008

Etymology

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(deprecated template usage) From Middle English deluge, from Old French deluge, alteration of earlier deluvie, from Latin dīluvium, from dīluō (“wash away”).

Pronunciation

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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; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
    The rock concert was a deluge of sound.
    • (Can we date this quote by Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      A fiery deluge fed / With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
    • (Can we date this quote by Lowell and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
      The little bird sits at his door in the sun, / Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, / And lets his illumined being o'errun / With the deluge of summer it receives.
  3. (military engineering) A damage control system on navy warships which is activated by excessive temperature within the Vertical Launching System.
    • (Can we date this quote by NAVEDTRA and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?) 14324A
      In the event of a restrained firing or canister overtemperature condition, the deluge system sprays cooling water within the canister until the overtemperature condition no longer exists.

Translations

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To flood with water.
    Some areas were deluged with a month's worth of rain in 24 hours.
  2. (transitive) To overwhelm.
    After the announcement, they were deluged with requests for more information.

Translations

References

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

See also

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French deluge, from Latin dīluvium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛːliu̯dʒ(ə)/

Noun

deluge (Late Middle English)

  1. A deluge; a massive flooding or raining.
  2. (rare, figurative) Any cataclysmic or catastrophic event.

Descendants

  • English: deluge

References

Old French

Etymology

From Latin dīluvium.

Noun

deluge oblique singular, m (oblique plural deluges, nominative singular deluges, nominative plural deluge)

  1. large flood

Descendants

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