floody

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌdi

Adjective

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

1. Pertaining to or characteristic of a flood or flooding
   • 1825, Mechanics' Magazine and Journal of Science, Arts, and Manufactures:

     The adjoining figure represents an under-shot wheel in floody water, or when the river is high, and the water up to its shaft.

   • 1987, Frank Luger, Herzenblut, page 253:

     We strolled along floody beaches in gloaming twilights; […]

   • 1989, Darlene Geis, Walt Disney's Winnie the Pooh Storybook, page 53:

     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.

   • 2012, Victor H. Mair, The Shorter Columbia Anthology of Traditional Chinese Literature:

     The floody abyss was extremely deep—
     How did he fill it in?