diluvial

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    of or connected with a deluge

Word Origin

diluvial (adj.)
"pertaining to a flood" (or The Flood), 1650s, from Late Latin diluvialis, from Latin diluvium "flood, inundation" (see deluge (n.)). Related: Diluvian.