diluvium

American  

[dih-loo-vee-uhm] / dɪˈlu vi əm /

Or diluvion

noun

Geology Now Rare.

plural

diluvia, diluviums

1. a coarse surficial deposit formerly attributed to a general deluge but now regarded as glacial drift.

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diluvium British  

/ daɪˈluːvɪəm, dɪ- /

noun

1. geology a former name for glacial drift See drift

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Etymology

Origin of diluvium

1810–20; < Latin dīluvium flood; see deluge

Example Sentences

They are floored with the cobble-stones rolled down by the diluvium, and torture the feet that walk over them and rick the ankles.

From In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)

These blocks are peculiarly abundant in the lower drift commonly called the "diluvium gris."

From The Antiquity of Man by Lyell, Charles, Sir

The heavy deposit of diluvium conceals the surface.

From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe

The date of the elevation of Mount Blanc must, therefore, inevitably be placed between the epoch of the formation of the tertiary strata and the diluvium.

From The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 by Walsh, Robert

Arles is planted upon a nodule of limestone rock that rises out of the diluvium of rolled stones.

From In Troubadour-Land A Ramble in Provence and Languedoc by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)