alluvious
English
editEtymology
editAdjective
editalluvious (not comparable)
- (archaic) alluvial
- 1832, John Howdon, A Rational Investigation of the Principles of Natural Philosophy:
- In the second place , in the mountain districts we find no extensive alluvious formations , as in the plains ; no extensive beds or banks of sand or gravel
References
edit- “alluvious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.