diluvial

or di·lu·vi·an

[dih-loo-vee-uh l]

adjective

pertaining to or caused by a flood or deluge.

Geology Now Rare. pertaining to or consisting of diluvium.

Origin of diluvial

1650–60; < Late Latin dīluviālis, equivalent to dīluvi(um) flood (see deluge) + -ālis -al¹

Related formspre·di·lu·vi·al, adjectiveun·di·lu·vi·al, adjectiveun·di·lu·vi·an, adjective

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Examples from the Web for diluvian

Historical Examples of diluvian

May not the eight stools be representative of the eight diluvian survivors.
Tradition
John Francis Arundell
This egg is identical with the ark, and from it the diluvian patriarch was born.
The God-Idea of the Ancients
Eliza Burt Gamble
Shall we accept the antediluvian, or the diluvian stratification?
Omphalos
Philip Henry Gosse
In Phrygia the diluvian tradition was as natural as in Greece.
The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879
Various
The diluvian priestesses and regenerated souls were called "bees."
The Eleusinian Mysteries and Rites
Dudley Wright

British Dictionary definitions for diluvian

diluvial

diluvian

adjective

of or connected with a deluge, esp with the great Flood described in Genesis

of or relating to diluvium

Word Origin for diluvial

C17: from Late Latin dīluviālis; see diluvium

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Word Origin and History for diluvian

diluvial

adj.

"pertaining to a flood" (or The Flood), 1650s, from Late Latin diluvialis, from Latin diluvium "flood, inundation" (see deluge (n.)). Related: Diluvian.

diluvian in Science

diluvial

[dĭ-lōō′vē-əl]

Relating to or produced by a flood.