inundation

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

Etymology

From Old French inundacion (“flood”) (French inondation), from Latin inundatio (“flood”), form of inundō (“to flood, overflow”) (English inundate). By surface analysis, inundat(e) + -ion.

In classic literature

Synonyms

flood, deluge, alluvion

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