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freshet

[fresh-it] Origin

fresh·et

[fresh-it]
noun
1.
a freshwater stream flowing into the sea.
2.
a sudden rise in the level of a stream, or a flood, caused by heavy rains or the rapid melting of snow and ice.

Origin:
1590–1600; fresh (noun) + -et


2. See flood.

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freshet (ˈfrɛʃɪt)
 
n
1.  the sudden overflowing of a river caused by heavy rain or melting snow
2.  a stream of fresh water emptying into the sea

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Word Origin & History

freshet
1596, "stream flowing into the sea," from fresh in a now obsolete sense of "flood, stream of fresh water." Meaning "flood caused by rain or melting snow" is from 1654.
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