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diˈluvialist Geol.
[f. prec. + -ist.]
One who explains certain geological features by the hypothesis of a universal deluge, or of an extraordinary movement of the waters.
1838Penny Cycl. XI. 129/1 The fanciful diluvialists, who followed in the wake of Woodward. 1851Richardson Geol. ii. 45 The diluvialist, still retaining his floating ice⁓bergs as the most efficient agents in the transport of drift and erratic blocks to regions distant. 1876Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. vi. 113 Battles of opinion..between Cosmogonists, Diluvialists, and Fossilists. 1887Athenæum 31 Dec. 896/3 Would have delighted the heart of Murchison and the older school of diluvialists. |