floodlet

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noun

A small flood.

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Meanings

nounfloodlet (plural floodlets)

plural floodlets

  1. A small flood.

    This flood, or rather floodlet, was a veritable godsend, because it cleaned the river bed of the accumulated dirt of months and washed away great quantities of insect life which make the trout decline the angler's lure.

    1937, Alexander Wanless, Rods on Fast Rivers: An Angling Survey, page 83

Origin

From flood + -let.

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floodlet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floodlet

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“floodlet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floodlet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “floodlet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/floodlet.

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