floodage

English

Etymology

flood +‎ -age

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈflʌdɪd͡ʒ/

Noun

floodage (uncountable)

flooding; inundation
- 1858–1865, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volumes (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
  This place, my Dryasdust informs me, had many accidents by floodage and by fire

References

“floodage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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