Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

abluvion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ablu-vion
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

That which is washed off.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"This interval has been greatly extended towards Hadley since the settlement of this country. Several considerable lots have been washed away from the Hadley shore within sixty or seventy years and tracts equally large have been added to the Hatfield shore. It cannot be wondered at that this process of alluvion and abluvion which has gone on ever since the deluge or perhaps more correctly ever since Connecticut river broke down the ancient mound between Mount Tom and Mount Holyoke should produce even greater changes than these."

Etymology

From Late Latin abluvio. See abluent.

Word Breakdown

Root: abluvio

Usage

Rhymes With

peruvian antediluvian vitruvian vesuvian alluvion prediluvian diluvian luvian postdiluvian pluvian

Questions

What does abluvion mean?: That which is washed off.
Where does abluvion come from?: From Late Latin abluvio. See abluent.

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