sluicy

English

Etymology

From sluice +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsluːsi/
• Rhymes: -uːsi

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Adjective

sluicy (comparative more sluicy, superlative most sluicy)

1. Falling copiously or in streams, as if from a sluice.
   • 1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     And oft whole sheets descend of sluicy rain.

References

• “sluicy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.