irriguous

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin irriguus, from in- + riguus (watered), from rigāre (to wet).

Adjective

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irriguous (comparative more irriguous, superlative most irriguous)

  1. (archaic, poetic) Irrigated, well-watered.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker []; [a]nd by Robert Boulter []; [a]nd Matthias Walker, [], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [], 1873, →OCLC:
      Betwixt them Lawns, or level Downs, and Flocks / Grasing the tender herb, were interpos'd, / Or palmie hilloc, or the flourie lap / Of som irriguous Valley spred her store [] .
    • a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: [] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, [], published 1768, →OCLC:
      See, where the winding Vale its lavish Stores, / Irriguous, spreads.
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