deluge
/ˈdɛl.ju(d)ʒ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.05 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A great flood or rain.
noun
An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
Example Sentences
- "The deluge continued for hours, drenching the land and slowing traffic to a halt."
- "The rock concert was a deluge of sound."
- "A fiery deluge fed / With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed."
- "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."
- "deluge system, deluge gun, deluge set"
- "2002, NAVEDTRA, Gunner's Mate 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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃-der. Proto-Italic *lowō Latin lavō Latin dīluō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin dīluvium Old French delugebor. Middle English deluge English deluge From Middle English deluge, from Old French deluge, alteration of earlier deluvie, from Latin dīluvium, from dīluō (“wash away”). Doublet of diluvium.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *lewh₃-, deluge, dīluvium
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdɛl.ju(d)ʒ/
- British English: /ˈdɛl.juː(d)ʒ/