Diluvial
[ dih-loo-vee-uhâl ]
adjective
1. pertaining to or caused by a flood or deluge
2. Geology; obsolete. pertaining to or consisting of diluvium
synonyms
stormy
wet
pluvious
pluvial
hyetal
origin
1650â60; < Late Latin dÄ«luviÄlis, equivalent to dÄ«luvi[um] 'flood' + -Älis, -al pertaining to
example
The diluvial catastrophe washed away everything.
related forms
diluvian (adj.), diluvium (noun), antediluvial (adj.), prediluvial (adj.), undiluvial (adj.), undiluvian (adj.), diluviate (verb), diluviation (noun)















