Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

floody

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables: floody
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to or characteristic of a flood or flooding

Example Sentences

"The adjoining figure represents an under-shot wheel in floody water, or when the river is high, and the water up to its shaft."
"We strolled along floody beaches in gloaming twilights; […]"
"The water twirled and tossed him while the rain came down and the Hundred Acre Wood got floodier and floodier. But the water couldn't come up to Christopher Robin's house on high ground. And that's where everyone was gathering."
"The floody abyss was extremely deep— How did he fill it in?"

Etymology

From Middle English floody, fludy, equivalent to flood + -y.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: floody
Suffix: flood

Inflected Forms

floodier (comparative) more floody (comparative) floodiest (superlative) most floody (superlative)

Rhymes With

study buddy bloody muddy ruddy cuddy cruddy fuddy-duddy

Questions

What does floody mean?: Pertaining to or characteristic of a flood or flooding
Where does floody come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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