deluvian
/dɪˈluːviən/
relating to a great flood; catastrophically transformative
deluvian in a sentence
“The deluvian rains lasted forty days and nights.”
Origin of deluvian
Latin diluvium (flood, deluge)
Related Words
cataclysmal
involving violent upheaval; world-ending in scale
prediluvian
from before the Flood; belonging to a lost age
atlantean
possessing great strength or advanced knowledge; relating to a lost golden age
lemurian
relating to a lost prehistoric continent or ancient wisdom
hyperborean
relating to the far north; beyond the reach of the north wind
antediluvian
ridiculously old-fashioned; from before the biblical Flood