sluicy

adj

sluicy

adj

/ˈsluːsi/

Etymology From sluice + -y.

1

Falling copiously or in streams, as if from a sluice.

  • And oft whole sheets descend of sluicy rain.1697, Virgil, “The First Book of the Georgics”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

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