inundationn.

/ɪnʌnˈdeɪʃən/

Forms: Also 1500s (transmission error) innudacion, 1600s enundation.

Etymology: < Latin inundātiōn-em, noun of action < inundāre : see inundate v. and -ation suffix. Old French had inundacion in 12–14th cent. (perhaps the immediate source); modern French inondation (Paré, 16th cent.).

1. The action of inundating; the fact of being inundated with water; an overflow of water; a flood.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [noun]

streamc950

water floodOE

floodc1000

waterOE

diluvya1325

waterganga1325

flowinga1340

delugec1374

diluvec1386

Noah's floodc1390

overflowing1430

inundation1432

flowa1450

surrounding1449

over-drowninga1500

spate1513

float1523

drowning1539

ravine1545

alluvion1550

surundacion1552

watershot1567

overflow1589

ravage1611

inunding1628

surroundera1642

water breach1669

flooding1799

debacle1802

diluviation1816

deluging1824

superflux1830

whelm1842

come1862

floodage1862

sheet-flood1897

flash flooding1939

flash-flood1940

1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 35 The firste age began from the creation of man; the secunde of a meruellous invndacion of water [ Higden inundatione diluvii, Trevisa Noes flood].

1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xxxix The ryuer rose so high that yt ouerflowed all the countrey... By this innudacion the passages were so closed that [etc.].

1599 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 203 This place hath a great pond caused by the inundation of Nilus.

1607 G. Markham Cavelarice i. 6 Free from al enundation or ouer flow of waters.

1726 tr. J. Cavalier Mem. Wars Cevennes iv. 347 I embarked..on flat Boats, on which we were two Hours a crossing that inundation.

1834 J. S. Macaulay Treat. Field Fortification 80 The waters should be retained by dams, that they may accumulate in front of the intrenchment, and thus form an inundation.

1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. iv. 192 Rich plains, which are fertilized by their periodic inundations.

2. transferred and figurative. An overspreading or overwhelming in superfluous abundance; overflowing, superabundance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] > superabundance

flood1340

overabundancea1382

abundancec1384

excessa1387

superfluitya1387

surcarka1400

superabundance?a1475

superfluencea1477

abundancy?1526

superfluousnessa1540

pleurisya1550

inundation1589

exsuperance1603

plethory1606

overplus1609

exuberancy1611

redoundancy1623

superabundancy1628

exsuperancy1638

exuberance1638

floodings1674

plethora1700

embarrassment1815

profligacy1834

overfullness1884

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. vi. 8 Then aboutes began the declination of the Romain Empire, by the notable inundations of the Hunnes and Vandalles.

1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iv. i. 12 And in his wisedome hasts our mariage, To stop the inundation of her teares.

1607 E. Grimeston tr. S. Goulart Admirable & Memorable Hist. 571 At last this inundation of earth stayed it selfe against 2. houses..which were covered up halfe way the walles.

1654 tr. M. Martini Bellum Tartaricum 64 By reason of a great inundation of Locusts which devoured all.

1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling viii. 155 By a steady opposing himself against the inundation of prophaneness and licentiousness.

1767 P. Gibbes Woman of Fashion II. 138 [They] let in an Inundation of impertinent Visitors.

1798 T. Pennant View of Hindoostan II. 21 A Brahmin..by the most pathetic supplications endeavoured to avert this inundation of pollution.

1860 R. W. Emerson Behaviour in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 157 What inundation of life and thought is discharged from one soul into another, through them [sc. eyes]!

Compounds

inundation canal n. (see quots.)

ΚΠ

1886 Encycl. Brit. XX. 108/2 Those [canals] which fill only on the periodical rising of the rivers..commonly known as ‘inundation canals’.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXIX. 599/1 The ‘inundation canals’ of the Punjab, which utilize the flood waters in the rivers during the monsoon season, and are dry at other times.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	inundation
释义	inundationn. /ɪnʌnˈdeɪʃən/ Forms: Also 1500s (transmission error) innudacion, 1600s enundation. Etymology: < Latin inundātiōn-em, noun of action < inundāre : see inundate v. and -ation suffix. Old French had inundacion in 12–14th cent. (perhaps the immediate source); modern French inondation (Paré, 16th cent.). 1. The action of inundating; the fact of being inundated with water; an overflow of water; a flood. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [noun] streamc950 water floodOE floodc1000 waterOE diluvya1325 waterganga1325 flowinga1340 delugec1374 diluvec1386 Noah's floodc1390 overflowing1430 inundation1432 flowa1450 surrounding1449 over-drowninga1500 spate1513 float1523 drowning1539 ravine1545 alluvion1550 surundacion1552 watershot1567 overflow1589 ravage1611 inunding1628 surroundera1642 water breach1669 flooding1799 debacle1802 diluviation1816 deluging1824 superflux1830 whelm1842 come1862 floodage1862 sheet-flood1897 flash flooding1939 flash-flood1940 1432–50 tr. Higden (Rolls) I. 35 The firste age began from the creation of man; the secunde of a meruellous invndacion of water [ Higden inundatione diluvii, Trevisa Noes flood]. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xxxix The ryuer rose so high that yt ouerflowed all the countrey... By this innudacion the passages were so closed that [etc.]. 1599 in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 203 This place hath a great pond caused by the inundation of Nilus. 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice i. 6 Free from al enundation or ouer flow of waters. 1726 tr. J. Cavalier Mem. Wars Cevennes iv. 347 I embarked..on flat Boats, on which we were two Hours a crossing that inundation. 1834 J. S. Macaulay Treat. Field Fortification 80 The waters should be retained by dams, that they may accumulate in front of the intrenchment, and thus form an inundation. 1880 S. Haughton Six Lect. Physical Geogr. iv. 192 Rich plains, which are fertilized by their periodic inundations. 2. transferred and figurative. An overspreading or overwhelming in superfluous abundance; overflowing, superabundance. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] > superabundance flood1340 overabundancea1382 abundancec1384 excessa1387 superfluitya1387 surcarka1400 superabundance?a1475 superfluencea1477 abundancy?1526 superfluousnessa1540 pleurisya1550 inundation1589 exsuperance1603 plethory1606 overplus1609 exuberancy1611 redoundancy1623 superabundancy1628 exsuperancy1638 exuberance1638 floodings1674 plethora1700 embarrassment1815 profligacy1834 overfullness1884 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. vi. 8 Then aboutes began the declination of the Romain Empire, by the notable inundations of the Hunnes and Vandalles. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iv. i. 12 And in his wisedome hasts our mariage, To stop the inundation of her teares. View more context for this quotation 1607 E. Grimeston tr. S. Goulart Admirable & Memorable Hist. 571 At last this inundation of earth stayed it selfe against 2. houses..which were covered up halfe way the walles. 1654 tr. M. Martini Bellum Tartaricum 64 By reason of a great inundation of Locusts which devoured all. 1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling viii. 155 By a steady opposing himself against the inundation of prophaneness and licentiousness. 1767 P. Gibbes Woman of Fashion II. 138 [They] let in an Inundation of impertinent Visitors. 1798 T. Pennant View of Hindoostan II. 21 A Brahmin..by the most pathetic supplications endeavoured to avert this inundation of pollution. 1860 R. W. Emerson Behaviour in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 157 What inundation of life and thought is discharged from one soul into another, through them [sc. eyes]! Compounds inundation canal n. (see quots.) ΚΠ 1886 Encycl. Brit. XX. 108/2 Those [canals] which fill only on the periodical rising of the rivers..commonly known as ‘inundation canals’. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXIX. 599/1 The ‘inundation canals’ of the Punjab, which utilize the flood waters in the rivers during the monsoon season, and are dry at other times. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1432
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