deluge
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From Middle English deluge, from Old French deluge, alteration of earlier deluvie, from Latin dīluvium, from dīluō (“wash away”). Doublet of diluvium.
deluge (plural deluges)
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deluge (third-person singular simple present deluges, present participle deluging, simple past and past participle deluged)
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From Old French deluge, from Latin dīluvium.
deluge (Late Middle English)
Very early borrowing of Latin dīluvium, explaining the palatalization of -V-, and the unexpected vowel outcomes.
deluge oblique singular, m (oblique plural deluges, nominative singular deluges, nominative plural deluge)
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