- irriguous
- ir·rig·u·ous
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Irriguous — Ir*rig u*ous, a. [L. irriguus. See {Irrigate}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Watered; watery; moist; dewy. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The flowery lap Of some irriguous valley spreads her store. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Gently penetrating or pervading. [Obs.] J … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
irriguous — [i rig′yo͞o əs] adj. [L irriguus < in , in + riguus, watered < rigare: see RAIN] Now Rare 1. moist; well watered 2. that irrigates … English World dictionary
irriguous — ə̇ˈrigyəwəs adjective Etymology: Latin irriguus, from irrigare to irrigate more at irrigate 1. archaic : irrigated, moistened; especially : well watered … Useful english dictionary
irriguous — /i rig yooh euhs/, adj. Archaic. well watered, as land. [1645 55; < L irriguus, equiv. to irrig(are) to wet (see IRRIGATE) + uus deverbal adj. suffix] * * * … Universalium
irriguous — adjective well watered … Wiktionary
Moisture — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Moisture >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 moisture moisture Sgm: N 1 moistness moistness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 humidity humidity humectation Sgm: N 1 madefaction| madefaction| dew Sgm: N 1 serein … English dictionary for students
Indiana — This article is about the U.S. state of Indiana. For other uses, see Indiana (disambiguation). Hoosier State redirects here. For the passenger train, see Hoosier State (train). State of Indiana … Wikipedia
drenching — Synonyms and related words: brewing, dampening, drench, ducking, dunking, humectant, imbruement, imbuement, impregnation, infiltration, infusion, injection, irrigational, irriguous, leaching, lixiviation, maceration, moistening, percolation,… … Moby Thesaurus
moistening — Synonyms and related words: affusion, aspergation, aspersion, baptism, bath, bathing, bedewing, dampening, damping, deluge, dewing, drenching, drowning, flooding, hosing, hosing down, humectant, humidification, immersion, inundation, irrigation,… … Moby Thesaurus
soaking — Synonyms and related words: absorbent, adsorbent, assimilative, awash, bathed, bibulous, blotting, brewing, chemisorptive, chemosorptive, concentration, dampening, decoction, deluged, digestive, dipped, distillation, dousing, dowsing, drench,… … Moby Thesaurus
