diluvialadj.

/dɪˈl(j)uːvɪəl/

Etymology: < Latin dīluviālis of a deluge or flood, < dīluvium a washing away of the earth, flood ( < dīluĕre to wash in pieces, dissolve): see -al suffix¹.

1. Of or belonging to a deluge or flood, esp. to the Flood as recorded in Genesis.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [adjective] > flooding or overflowing

delavya1400

floating1578

swimmingc1595

overfloten1601

gulf-eating?1611

overflowing1611

overrunning1611

tideful1622

inundant1629

diluvial1656

exuberant1678

diluviana1684

overflown1818

deluging1824

deluginous1835

insurgent1849

flooding1850

overstreaming1860

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Diluvial, of or belonging to the Deluge or great Flood.

1831 Fraser's Mag. 4 161 The ‘Asiatic style of oratory’ with all its tawdry tinsel..its diluvial verbiage.

1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind xi. 322 The formation of diluvial traditions.

1866 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Eclogues & Georgics 167 We have the diluvial theory of the Arkites in respect to many of these mounds, that they are mimic Mount Ararats.

2. Geology.

a. Applied to the theory which explained certain geological phenomena by reference to a general deluge, or to periods of catastrophic action of water.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > deposited by water, ice, or wind > [adjective] > by water or ice

Neptunian1774

aqueous1802

diluvial1816

neptunean1843

neptunic1851

torrential1861

fluviolacustrine1864

hydrogenous1889

aqueo-glacial1892

fluvio-glacial1894

solution1894

paralic1914

1816 M. Keating Trav. Eur. & Afr. I. 85 The diluvial wash has worn it into deep valleys.

1823 W. Buckland Reliq. Diluvianæ 2 I have felt myself fully justified in applying the epithet diluvial to the results of this great convulsion.

1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 31 This doctrine..conceded both that fossil bodies were organic, and that the diluvial theory could not account for them.

1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. xxxix. 536 The earliest theory, usually called the ‘diluvial’, supposed that these blocks had been forced into their present positions by one or more tremendous inundations, passing over a subsoil which had been dry land.

1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iv. 95 Modern geology has almost banished such views as the excavation of a great valley by a single diluvial wave.

1893 H. H. Howorth Glacial Nightmare I. 83 Dr. Buckland, the originator of the term diluvium, and the most famous champion of diluvial causes.

b. Of or pertaining to the diluvium or drift-formation of early geologists; now generally called the Glacial Drift. diluvial clay, the boulder clay.For the connection of a and b see diluvium n.

ΚΠ

1823 W. Buckland Reliq. Diluvianæ 38 The diluvial gravel both of England and Germany.

1842 H. Miller Old Red Sandstone (ed. 2) vii. 142 A deep wooded ravine cut through a thick bed of red diluvial clay.

1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. i. i. 21 The closing epoch of geology, which embraces the diluvial formations.

1853 J. Phillips Rivers, Mountains, & Sea-coast Yorks. 289 Clay, gravel, and sand, with large boulders scattered here and there, which were till lately termed diluvial deposits.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	diluvial
释义	diluvialadj. /dɪˈl(j)uːvɪəl/ Etymology: < Latin dīluviālis of a deluge or flood, < dīluvium a washing away of the earth, flood ( < dīluĕre to wash in pieces, dissolve): see -al suffix¹. 1. Of or belonging to a deluge or flood, esp. to the Flood as recorded in Genesis. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [adjective] > flooding or overflowing delavya1400 floating1578 swimmingc1595 overfloten1601 gulf-eating?1611 overflowing1611 overrunning1611 tideful1622 inundant1629 diluvial1656 exuberant1678 diluviana1684 overflown1818 deluging1824 deluginous1835 insurgent1849 flooding1850 overstreaming1860 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Diluvial, of or belonging to the Deluge or great Flood. 1831 Fraser's Mag. 4 161 The ‘Asiatic style of oratory’ with all its tawdry tinsel..its diluvial verbiage. 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind xi. 322 The formation of diluvial traditions. 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Eclogues & Georgics 167 We have the diluvial theory of the Arkites in respect to many of these mounds, that they are mimic Mount Ararats. 2. Geology. a. Applied to the theory which explained certain geological phenomena by reference to a general deluge, or to periods of catastrophic action of water. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > deposited by water, ice, or wind > [adjective] > by water or ice Neptunian1774 aqueous1802 diluvial1816 neptunean1843 neptunic1851 torrential1861 fluviolacustrine1864 hydrogenous1889 aqueo-glacial1892 fluvio-glacial1894 solution1894 paralic1914 1816 M. Keating Trav. Eur. & Afr. I. 85 The diluvial wash has worn it into deep valleys. 1823 W. Buckland Reliq. Diluvianæ 2 I have felt myself fully justified in applying the epithet diluvial to the results of this great convulsion. 1830 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. I. 31 This doctrine..conceded both that fossil bodies were organic, and that the diluvial theory could not account for them. 1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. xxxix. 536 The earliest theory, usually called the ‘diluvial’, supposed that these blocks had been forced into their present positions by one or more tremendous inundations, passing over a subsoil which had been dry land. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iv. 95 Modern geology has almost banished such views as the excavation of a great valley by a single diluvial wave. 1893 H. H. Howorth Glacial Nightmare I. 83 Dr. Buckland, the originator of the term diluvium, and the most famous champion of diluvial causes. b. Of or pertaining to the diluvium or drift-formation of early geologists; now generally called the Glacial Drift. diluvial clay, the boulder clay.For the connection of a and b see diluvium n. ΚΠ 1823 W. Buckland Reliq. Diluvianæ 38 The diluvial gravel both of England and Germany. 1842 H. Miller Old Red Sandstone (ed. 2) vii. 142 A deep wooded ravine cut through a thick bed of red diluvial clay. 1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. i. i. 21 The closing epoch of geology, which embraces the diluvial formations. 1853 J. Phillips Rivers, Mountains, & Sea-coast Yorks. 289 Clay, gravel, and sand, with large boulders scattered here and there, which were till lately termed diluvial deposits. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1656
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