Added 9 October 2026
drenching
noun
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about drenching at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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The act of making something completely wet.
he gave it a good drenching
Origin
From Middle English drenchyng, drenchynge, drenchende, from Old English drenċende, from Proto-Germanic *drankijandz, present participle of *drankijaną (“to drench”), equivalent to drench + -ing.
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