Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as torrential.

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  • adjective dated Resembling or relating to a torrent; torrential.

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Examples

  • Thus, the tide of emigration, swelled from the tiny ocean-drop which marked its first inception more than three hundred years ago to its present torrentine proportions and bearing away frequently entire nationalities on its bosom, still flows from the east to the west, tracing the progress of civilisation from its Alpha to its

    Fritz and Eric The Brother Crusoes

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