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English
Etymology
From Latin irriguus, from in- + riguus (“watered”), from rigāre (“to wet”).
Adjective
irriguous (comparative more irriguous, superlative most irriguous)
- (archaic, poetic) Irrigated, well-watered.
1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. , London: [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker ; nd by Robert Boulter ; nd Matthias Walker, , →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: , London: Basil Montagu Pickering , 1873, →OCLC:Betwixt them Lawns, or level Downs, and Flocks / Grasing the tender herb, were interpos'd, / Or palmie hilloc, or the flourie lap / Of som irriguous Valley spred her store […] .
a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: A Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, , published 1768, →OCLC:See, where the winding Vale its lavish Stores, / Irriguous, spreads.