"floody" meaning in English

See floody in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: floodier [comparative], more floody [comparative], floodiest [superlative], most floody [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʌdi Etymology: From Middle English floody, fludy, equivalent to flood + -y. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|floody}} Middle English floody, {{m|enm|fludy}} fludy, {{suf|en|flood|y|id2=adjectival}} flood + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} floody (comparative floodier or more floody, superlative floodiest or most floody)
  1. Pertaining to or characteristic of a flood or flooding

Inflected forms

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