The flowery lap
Of some irriguous valley spreads her store.
--Milton.
[1913 Webster]
2. Gently penetrating or pervading. [Obs.] --J. Philips. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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
irriguous — ir·rig·u·ous … English syllables
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
