Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

waterlogged

/wˈɔtɚlˌɑɡd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: wa-ter-logged
IPA: /wˈɔtɚlˌɑɡd/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Soaked with water.

adj

In danger of sinking because of excess water onboard.

Example Sentences

"The sudden inundation from the remnants of Ida transformed familiar scenes of life in New York into otherworldly and waterlogged chaos on Wednesday night."
"On a cold morning in Abilene, Texas, a column of 18-wheelers crawls down bumpy, waterlogged roads, past cattle grazing on dusty shrubs."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old English wæter Middle English water English water Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti Proto-Germanic *ligjaną Old Norse liggjader.? Middle English logge English log English waterlog Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English waterlogged From waterlog + -ed.

Inflected Forms

more waterlogged (comparative) most waterlogged (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonwaterlogged unwaterlogged waterloggedness

Frequently Paired Words

waterlog

Synonyms

drenched saturated sodden boggy marshy miry mucky muddy quaggy sloppy sloughy soggy

Questions

How do you pronounce waterlogged?: The recorded pronunciation is /wˈɔtɚlˌɑɡd/.
What does waterlogged mean?: Soaked with water.
Where does waterlogged come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old English wæter Middle English water English water Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti Proto-Germanic *ligjaną Old Norse liggjader.? Middle English logge English log English waterlog Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English waterlogged From waterlog + -ed.

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