post-diluvialadj.

Brit.

/ˌpəʊs(t)dʌɪˈl(j)uːvɪəl/,

/ˌpəʊs(t)dᵻˈl(j)uːvɪəl/, U.S.

/ˌpoʊs(t)dəˈluviəl/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: post- prefix, diluvial adj.

Etymology: < post- prefix + diluvial adj. Compare earlier post-diluvian adj. and slightly later antediluvial adj.

1. Geology. Subsequent to a period of deposition of diluvial or drift deposits (originally identified with the biblical Flood: cf. diluvial adj. 2). Now rare.

ΚΠ

1822 W. Buckland in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 112 172 I have felt myself fully justified in applying the epithet diluvial, to the results of this great convulsion, of antediluvial, to the state of things immediately preceding it, and postdiluvial, or alluvial, to that which succeeded it, and has continued to the present time.

1892 N. Amer. Rev. June 678 I have elsewhere endeavored..to restore the appearance of the Nile Valley when first visited by man in the post-diluvial period.

1902 Geogr. Jrnl. 20 430 Dr. Cvijič thinks that the regular succession of post-Diluvial terraces can best be explained by secular climatic changes, and not by stoppages of the sinkholes.

1923 Amer. Anthropologist 25 34 The Quaternary of the Yenisei region and the transition to the present time still await their investigators. To place our sections in relation with a system of diluvial or, more properly speaking, post-diluvial phenomena, is therefore not yet possible.

2. Existing, happening, or living, after the Flood described in the book of Genesis, or (later) after a widespread flood as described in other mythological traditions; = post-diluvian adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of the time of the flood or Noah > post-diluvian

post-diluvian1680

post-diluvial1872

1872 M. Paine Physiol. of Soul & Instinct 412 The preservation in the Ark..is fatal to all the hypotheses of progressive developments, of antecedent creations and extinctions, and of post-diluvial creations.

1892 J. Tait Mind in Matter (ed. 3) 194 The postdiluvial period [presents]..man with a knowledge of the dangerous tendencies of human nature and the retributive consequences.

1966 Geogr. Jrnl. 132 256 Even those who believed in a diluvial metamorphosis of the globe freely admitted that many modern topographic features owed their formation to post-diluvial earthquakes.

1996 Mod. Asian Stud. 30 174 The identification of the original home of post-diluvial mankind as Persia.

2000 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 59 591 North of the territory ‘seized by the ocean’ is the postdiluvial Tamil realm.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	post-diluvial
释义	post-diluvialadj. Brit. /ˌpəʊs(t)dʌɪˈl(j)uːvɪəl/, /ˌpəʊs(t)dᵻˈl(j)uːvɪəl/, U.S. /ˌpoʊs(t)dəˈluviəl/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: post- prefix, diluvial adj. Etymology: < post- prefix + diluvial adj. Compare earlier post-diluvian adj. and slightly later antediluvial adj. 1. Geology. Subsequent to a period of deposition of diluvial or drift deposits (originally identified with the biblical Flood: cf. diluvial adj. 2). Now rare. ΚΠ 1822 W. Buckland in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 112 172 I have felt myself fully justified in applying the epithet diluvial, to the results of this great convulsion, of antediluvial, to the state of things immediately preceding it, and postdiluvial, or alluvial, to that which succeeded it, and has continued to the present time. 1892 N. Amer. Rev. June 678 I have elsewhere endeavored..to restore the appearance of the Nile Valley when first visited by man in the post-diluvial period. 1902 Geogr. Jrnl. 20 430 Dr. Cvijič thinks that the regular succession of post-Diluvial terraces can best be explained by secular climatic changes, and not by stoppages of the sinkholes. 1923 Amer. Anthropologist 25 34 The Quaternary of the Yenisei region and the transition to the present time still await their investigators. To place our sections in relation with a system of diluvial or, more properly speaking, post-diluvial phenomena, is therefore not yet possible. 2. Existing, happening, or living, after the Flood described in the book of Genesis, or (later) after a widespread flood as described in other mythological traditions; = post-diluvian adj. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of the time of the flood or Noah > post-diluvian post-diluvian1680 post-diluvial1872 1872 M. Paine Physiol. of Soul & Instinct 412 The preservation in the Ark..is fatal to all the hypotheses of progressive developments, of antecedent creations and extinctions, and of post-diluvial creations. 1892 J. Tait Mind in Matter (ed. 3) 194 The postdiluvial period [presents]..man with a knowledge of the dangerous tendencies of human nature and the retributive consequences. 1966 Geogr. Jrnl. 132 256 Even those who believed in a diluvial metamorphosis of the globe freely admitted that many modern topographic features owed their formation to post-diluvial earthquakes. 1996 Mod. Asian Stud. 30 174 The identification of the original home of post-diluvial mankind as Persia. 2000 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 59 591 North of the territory ‘seized by the ocean’ is the postdiluvial Tamil realm. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1822
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