subaqueous

[ suhb-ey-kwee-uhs, -ak-wee- ]

adjective

1. existing or situated under water; underwater.
2. occurring or performed under water.
3. used under water.

subaqueous

/ sʌbˈeɪkwɪəs; -ˈækwɪ- /

adjective

1. occurring, appearing, formed, or used under water

subaqueous

/ sŭb-ā′kwē-əs /

1. Found or occurring underwater.
2. Formed or adapted for underwater use or operation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of subaqueous¹

First recorded in 1670–80; sub- + aqueous

Example Sentences

Baby Drexciyans swam from their mothers’ wombs, never needing to breathe air, and gave rise to a subaqueous empire.

From The Guardian

But peer into either end and you’ll find that the boxes are hollow and form a long corridor colored a subaqueous blue.

From New York Times

Once I’m in the zone, I don’t hear anything but the reassuring thud of my own pumping circulation and a consoling subaqueous muffle.

From The Guardian

Don’t be fooled by the name – his productions feel subaqueous yet abrasive, and relentlessly innovative.

From The Guardian

Sebald’s quiet, bashful, mysteriously subaqueous prose brings alive the paradoxical combination of drift and paralysis that has afflicted these lives.

From The New Yorker

Related Words

• broad
• buried
• deep-seated
• far
• profound
• rooted
• wide