postdiluvian

[ pohst-di-loo-vee-uhn ]

/ ˌpoʊst dɪˈlu vi ən /

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adjective

existing or occurring after the Biblical Flood.

noun

a person who lived after the Biblical Flood.

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Origin of postdiluvian

1670–80; post- + diluvian

Words nearby postdiluvian

postconsumer, postcranial, post-cyclic, postdate, postdeterminer, postdiluvian, postdoc, postdoctoral, postelection, postembryonic, postemergence

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How to use postdiluvian in a sentence

It certainly presents itself in early postdiluvian times as the first representative and teacher of art and material civilization.
The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science|John William Dawson
I have referred above only to the question of historic or postdiluvian man.
The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science|John William Dawson
He began adroitly with the only remaining family; swept the postdiluvian peoples into midnight heathenism.
Is the Devil a Myth?|C. F. Wimberly
When we leave the Deluge and come to the postdiluvian or neanthropic period, similar coincidences occur.
The Meeting-Place of Geology and History|Sir John William Dawson

But to have that late day enlivened with the vivacity of youth is much more, and in these postdiluvian times a rarity indeed.
The Works of William Cowper|William Cowper

British Dictionary definitions for postdiluvian

postdiluvian

/ (ˌpəʊstdɪˈluːvɪən, -daɪ-) /

adjective Also: postdiluvial

existing or occurring after the biblical Flood

noun

a person or thing existing after the biblical Flood

Word Origin for postdiluvian

C17: from post- + diluvian, from Latin diluvium deluge, flood

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