The Deluge Vocabulary

relating to a flood or deluge, especially the biblical Flood

“The valley showed signs of diluvian erosion.”

Origin: Latin diluvium (flood)

ridiculously old-fashioned; belonging to the time before the biblical Flood

“Those ideas are positively antediluvian.”

Origin: Latin ante (before) + diluvium (flood)

occurring or existing after the Flood

“A post-diluvian world of survivors and new beginnings.”

Origin: Latin post (after) + diluvium (flood)

relating to a violent natural event or upheaval

“The eruption was a cataclysmic event for the region.”

Origin: Greek kataklysmos (deluge)

an overwhelming abundance of people or things; flooding

“We faced an inundation of complaints.”

Origin: Latin inundare (to flow into)

variant of antediluvian; extremely ancient

“Antediluvial creatures roaming the earth.”

Origin: Variant form