waterlogged en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old English wæter Middle English water English water Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti Proto-Germanic *ligjaną Old Norse liggjader.? Middle English logge English log English waterlog Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English waterlogged From waterlog + -ed.
Meanings
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Soaked with water.
The sudden inundation from the remnants of Ida transformed familiar scenes of life in New York into otherworldly and waterlogged chaos on Wednesday night.
2021 September 1, Michael Levenson, Anne Barnard, “Scenes from New York City as Ida paralyzes region”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2021:On a cold morning in Abilene, Texas, a column of 18-wheelers crawls down bumpy, waterlogged roads, past cattle grazing on dusty shrubs.
2025 December 11, Charlie Campbell, Andrew R. Chow and Billy Perrigo, “The Architects of AI Are TIME’s 2025 Person of the Year”, in Time:
- In danger of sinking because of excess water onboard.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more waterlogged | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most waterlogged | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nonwaterlogged · unwaterlogged · waterloggedness
Relateds
Synonyms
drenched (soaked with water) · sodden · saturated
Translations (21)
mi pukewai (soaked with water) · pl rozmokły (soaked with water) · es encharcado (soaked with water) · cy dwrlawn (soaked with water) · ja 浸水した (soaked with water) · vi úng nước (soaked with water) · de wasserdurchtränkt (soaked with water) · ota صولاق (soaked with water) · mi pukuwai (soaked with water) · sv vattensjuk (soaked with water) · es inundado (soaked with water) · fi läpimärkä (soaked with water) · de von Wasser durchtränkt (soaked with water) · bg подгизнал (soaked with water) · sv vattenfylld (soaked with water) · vi ngập nước (soaked with water) · fr détrempé (soaked with water) · ga báite (soaked with water) · sv vattendränkt (soaked with water) · mi urutomo (soaked with water) · fi veden peitossa (oleva) (soaked with water)