Meanings
adjectivehygraulic (not comparable)
- not comparableobsoleterareHydraulic.
The animal…is an hygraulic body.
1756, Charles Lucas, An Essay on Waters, book I, page 21 more example
Hygraulic,…of or pertaining to Pipes or Conveyances for Water.
1730–6, Nathan Bailey, Dictionarium Britannicum, “Hygraulic”
Origin
Formed as hygr- + the second element of (hydr)aulic, as if after the Ancient Greek *ὑγραυλικός (hugraulikós).
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hygraulic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hygraulic
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