Definition of diluvial in English:
diluvial
adjective dʌɪˈl(j)uːvɪəldɪˈl(j)uːvɪəldəˈluviəl
Relating to a flood or floods, especially the biblical Flood.
Example sentencesExamples
- There is that fishy loophole in the whole diluvial death wish.
- After all, Bollywood musicals possess the same excessive sentiment and diluvial instrumentation as the modern American musical, but seldom does the former give way to maudlin or milquetoast outcomes.
- These numbers defy uniformitarian mechanisms and are much more consistent with a diluvial mechanism.
- Leading catastrophists such as them promoted the so-called diluvial theory, which accounted for many geological phenomena by the action of the biblical flood.
- His vocals alone possess so much diluvial strength that the ocean of queer chants, orchestral washes, and electronic elements of the album are rendered unnecessary.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from late Latin diluvialis, from diluvium 'deluge', from diluere 'wash away'.
Rhymes
alluvial, fluvial, pluvial
Definition of diluvial in US English:
diluvial
adjectivedəˈlo͞ovēəldəˈluviəl
Relating to a flood or floods, especially the biblical Flood.
Example sentencesExamples
- These numbers defy uniformitarian mechanisms and are much more consistent with a diluvial mechanism.
- After all, Bollywood musicals possess the same excessive sentiment and diluvial instrumentation as the modern American musical, but seldom does the former give way to maudlin or milquetoast outcomes.
- There is that fishy loophole in the whole diluvial death wish.
- Leading catastrophists such as them promoted the so-called diluvial theory, which accounted for many geological phenomena by the action of the biblical flood.
- His vocals alone possess so much diluvial strength that the ocean of queer chants, orchestral washes, and electronic elements of the album are rendered unnecessary.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from late Latin diluvialis, from diluvium ‘deluge’, from diluere ‘wash away’.