deluge

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an overwhelming number or amount
  2. noun a heavy rain
  3. noun the rising of a body of water and its overflowing onto normally dry land

Etymology

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

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Synonyms

flood, inundation, torrent

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