单词 | antediluvial |
释义 | antediluvial, a. rare.|ˌæntɪdɪˈl(j)uːvɪəl| [f. ante- + diluvi-um deluge + -al1.] Applied by Buckland to geological formations older than the ‘diluvial’ (then attributed to the Noachian deluge).
1823Buckland Reliq. Diluv. 2, I have felt myself fully justified in applying the epithet..antediluvial to the state of things immediately preceding it [this great convulsion]. 1827Edin. Rev. XLV. 317 The ante-diluvial rocks have a more compact stony aspect. |

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