floodyadj.
/ˈflʌdi/ Pertaining to the flood, i.e. to the river or to the sea.
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the world > the earth > water > [adjective]
floodyc1420
the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > [adjective]
fluviala1398
floodyc1420
fluviatile1599
fluminal1633
amnic1656
rivery1663
riverain1852
riverine1853
potamic1883
fluvicoline1897
the world > the earth > water > sea or ocean > [adjective]
floodyc1420
marine?1440
seaish1530
maritime1610
marinal1614
Neptunianc1620
aequoreal1647
thalassian1851
thalassic1860
sea-air1945
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 372 Stone tiburtyne, or floody columbyne.
1483 Cath. Angl. 136/2 Fludy, fluuialis.
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 22 To chaunt..an excelsitude of this monarchall fluddy Induperator [sc. red herring].
1818 J. Keats Let. 13 Mar. (1931) I. 119 Devonshire..is a splashy, rainy, misty,..floody, muddy, slipshod County.
1964 Penguin Bk. Austral. Ballads 201 The creek was full and bloody floody.
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