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irriguous, a. Now rare.|ɪˈrɪgjuːəs|
[f. L. irrigu-us supplied with water, f. in-, ir- (ir-1) + rigu-us watered, from stem of rigāre to wet, water.]
1. Irrigated; moistened, bedewed, wet; esp. of a region or tract of land: Well-watered, moist, watery. Also fig.
1651–3Jer. Taylor Serm. for Year Ded., Like Gideon's Fleece, irriguous with a dew from Heaven, when much of the vicinage is dry. 1667Milton P.L. iv. 255 The flourie lap Of som irriguous Valley. 1735Somerville Chase iv. 349 Skim with wanton Wing th' irriguous Vale. 1749G. Lavington Enthus. Meth. & Papists (1754) I. ii. 63 Opposite Vicissitudes of Soul, the irriguous and dry, the anxious and secure. 1802Brookes' Gazetteer (ed. 12) s.v. Lomond, Herds of cattle feed in the irriguous vallies at its base.
2. Having the quality of irrigating; affording a supply of water or moisture; watering, bedewing. Also fig.
1684tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. xvi. 560 If..the Scorbutick Infection break into the Brain..and very much infect the irriguous Liquor of either Province. 1762–71H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1786) IV. 254 The refreshing hollows of mountains, near irriguous and shady founts. 1801Trans. Soc. Arts XIX. 176 The Grubs were seen lying in irriguous channels. 1861Clough Ess. Class. Metres, Elegiacs i. 6 A lordly river..Through the meadows sinuous, wandered irriguous.
Hence iˈrriguousness (Bailey vol. II, 1727). |