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deluginous

adjective

  1. Deluge-like; overwhelmingly abundant.

    rare

    Earth to deluginous ocean, […]

    Seas to surprise thee, or enthralls

Where it comes from

From deluge + -inous, with -inous, from -in- on analogy of Latin -in- oblique stem of third declension + -ous. Likely coined by George Darley, who first used the term in 1897.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry deluginous (CC BY-SA 4.0).

← deliquiatedemersal →

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