irriguous

English

Etymology

From Latin irriguus, from in- + riguus (“watered”), from rigāre (“to wet”).

Adjective

irriguous (comparative more irriguous, superlative most irriguous)

  1. (archaic, poetic) Irrigated, well-watered.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
      Betwixt them Lawns, or level Downs, and Flocks / Grasing the tender herb, were interpos'd, / Or palmie hilloc, or the flourie lap / Of som irriguous Valley spred her store […] .
    • 1728, James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
      See, where the winding Vale its lavish Stores, / Irriguous, spreads.
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