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floody, a.|ˈflʌdɪ| Also 5 fludy, 6 floudy, fluddy. [f. flood n. + -y1.] Pertaining to the flood, i.e. to the river or to the sea.
c1420Pallad. on Husb. i. 372 Stone tiburtyne, or floody columbyne. 1483Cath. Angl. 136/2 Fludy, fluuialis. 1599Nashe Lenten Stuffe Wks. (Grosart) V. 232 To chaunt..an excelsitude of this monarchall fluddy Induperator [red herring]. 1818Keats Let. 13 Mar. (1931) I. 119 Devonshire..is a splashy, rainy, misty,..floody, muddy, slipshod County. 1964Penguin Bk. Austral. Ballads 201 The creek was full and bloody floody. |