English Explanatory Dictionary

deluge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A great flood or rain.
  2. An overwhelming amount of something; anything that overwhelms or causes great destruction.
  3. A system for flooding or drenching a space, container, or area with water in an emergency to prevent or extinguish a fire.
verb
  1. To flood with water.
  2. To overwhelm.
name
  1. The flood taking place in the story of Noah found in the Bible (Genesis) and Qur'an.

Pronunciation

/ˈdɛl.juː(d)ʒ/ /ˈdɛl.ju(d)ʒ/ /ˈdɛ.lu(d)ʒ/ /ˈdi.lu(d)ʒ/ /dəˈlu(d)ʒ/ en-us-deluge.ogg

Word forms

deluge deluges deluging deluged the Deluge

Etymology

From Middle English deluge, from Old French deluge, alteration of earlier deluvie, from Latin dīluvium, from dīluō (“wash away”). Doublet of diluvium.

Related words

inundate antediluvian

Derived words

after me the deluge after us the deluge Deluge deluge gun psychiatric deluge deluger undeluged
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