Noachian

[ noh-ey-kee-uhn ]

/ noʊˈeɪ ki ən /

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adjective

of or relating to the patriarch Noah or his time.

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Also No·ach·ic

[noh-ak-ik, -ey-kik], /noʊˈæk ɪk, -ˈeɪ kɪk/, No·ach·i·cal, No·ah·ic

[noh-ey-ik]. /noʊˈeɪ ɪk/.

Origin of Noachian

1670–80; Noach (variant of Noah) + -ian

Words nearby Noachian

no, No. 1, NOAA, no-account, no accounting for tastes, there's, Noachian, Noah, Noah and the Flood, Noahide Laws, Noah's Ark, Noah's Dove

How to use Noachian in a sentence

Some of his guests he greets with a Noachian deluge of swift French words and high-pitched cries of welcome.
In Madeira Place|Heman White Chaplin
The tradition of the Noachian deluge has been found among almost all peoples.
The Romantic Settlement of Lord Selkirk's Colonists|George Bryce
The geological explanation of the Noachian Deluge is perhaps one of the most interesting sections of the work.
The Popular Science Monthly, September, 1900|Various
Legendary lore clusters round the petrified "Ark" in which the progenitors of the Malayan stock escaped from the Noachian flood.
Through the Malay Archipelago|Emily Richings

But he at once proceeded to discover in Noachian Forfarshire the most striking evidence of geological change actually in progress.
Rustic Sounds|Francis Darwin

British Dictionary definitions for Noachian

Noachian

Noachic (nəʊˈækɪk, -ˈeɪkɪk)

/ (nəʊˈeɪkɪən) /

adjective

Old Testament of or relating to the patriarch Noah

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