cataclysmn.

Brit.

/ˈkatəklɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈkædəˌklɪzəm/

Forms: Also 1600s -clisme.

Etymology: < French cataclysme (16th cent. in Littré), < Greek κατακλυσμός deluge (also figurative), < κατακλύζειν to deluge, < κατά down + κλύζειν to wash, dash as a wave.

1. A great and general flood of water, a deluge; esp. the Noachian deluge, the Flood.In Geology resorted to by some as a hypothesis to account for various phenomena; hence used more generally for a sudden convulsion or alteration of physical conditions.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [noun] > Biblical

Noah's floodOE

the floodOE

diluvya1325

delugec1386

diluvec1386

sin-flood1550

cataclysm1637

Noachian deluge1711

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > convulsion > [noun]

convulsiona1701

catastrophe1832

cataclysm1833

1637 T. Heywood True Descr. Royall Ship 3 More soules..then perisht in the first Vniversall Cataclisme.

1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 91 in Justice Vindicated Mankind sinned Malitiously, before God brought the general cataclysme upon them.

1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 101 For the proofs of these general cataclysms we have searched in vain.

1878 H. M. Stanley Through Dark Continent II. ii. 52 The accumulated waters..will sweep through the ancient gap with the force of a cataclysm.

1879 tr. E. Haeckel Evol. Man I. iv. 77 The hypothesis usually called the Theory of Cataclysms or Catastrophes.

2. figurative; esp. a political or social upheaval which sweeps away the old order of things.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > sudden or complete change > [noun]

leapc1000

lope14..

revolution?a1439

reverse?1492

metamorphosis1548

transformation1581

earthquake1592

upside down1593

metamorphose1608

sea-changea1616

peritropea1656

transilience1657

transiliency1661

saltus1665

catastrophe1696

peristrophe1716

transiliency1769

upheaving1821

upset1822

saltation1844

shake1847

upheaval1850

cataclysm1861

shake-out1939

virage1989

society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > political unrest > [noun] > instance of

uproar1526

commotion1540

hurry1600

cataclysm1861

1633 True Trojans ii. 1 in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1875) XII. 468 Ready to pour down cataclysms of blood.

1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 6) 609 Heaven rained on them great cataclismes of flames.

1861 Sat. Rev. 20 July 67 That the Indian army surgeons will be swept away in the general cataclysm.

1882 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. II. 108 In the general upheaval of doctrine..during the Reformation cataclysm.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	cataclysm
释义	cataclysmn. Brit. /ˈkatəklɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈkædəˌklɪzəm/ Forms: Also 1600s -clisme. Etymology: < French cataclysme (16th cent. in Littré), < Greek κατακλυσμός deluge (also figurative), < κατακλύζειν to deluge, < κατά down + κλύζειν to wash, dash as a wave. 1. A great and general flood of water, a deluge; esp. the Noachian deluge, the Flood.In Geology resorted to by some as a hypothesis to account for various phenomena; hence used more generally for a sudden convulsion or alteration of physical conditions. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [noun] > Biblical Noah's floodOE the floodOE diluvya1325 delugec1386 diluvec1386 sin-flood1550 cataclysm1637 Noachian deluge1711 the world > the earth > structure of the earth > formation of features > convulsion > [noun] convulsiona1701 catastrophe1832 cataclysm1833 1637 T. Heywood True Descr. Royall Ship 3 More soules..then perisht in the first Vniversall Cataclisme. 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 91 in Justice Vindicated Mankind sinned Malitiously, before God brought the general cataclysme upon them. 1833 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. III. 101 For the proofs of these general cataclysms we have searched in vain. 1878 H. M. Stanley Through Dark Continent II. ii. 52 The accumulated waters..will sweep through the ancient gap with the force of a cataclysm. 1879 tr. E. Haeckel Evol. Man I. iv. 77 The hypothesis usually called the Theory of Cataclysms or Catastrophes. 2. figurative; esp. a political or social upheaval which sweeps away the old order of things. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > change to something else, transformation > sudden or complete change > [noun] leapc1000 lope14.. revolution?a1439 reverse?1492 metamorphosis1548 transformation1581 earthquake1592 upside down1593 metamorphose1608 sea-changea1616 peritropea1656 transilience1657 transiliency1661 saltus1665 catastrophe1696 peristrophe1716 transiliency1769 upheaving1821 upset1822 saltation1844 shake1847 upheaval1850 cataclysm1861 shake-out1939 virage1989 society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > political unrest > [noun] > instance of uproar1526 commotion1540 hurry1600 cataclysm1861 1633 True Trojans ii. 1 in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1875) XII. 468 Ready to pour down cataclysms of blood. 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 6) 609 Heaven rained on them great cataclismes of flames. 1861 Sat. Rev. 20 July 67 That the Indian army surgeons will be swept away in the general cataclysm. 1882 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. II. 108 In the general upheaval of doctrine..during the Reformation cataclysm. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1633
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