postdiluvian

An archaic adjective meaning 'existing or occurring after the biblical Flood (the Deluge).' It is rarely used in modern English outside of very specific historical or theological contexts.

• 🇫🇷Adjectif rare signifiant 'qui existe ou se produit après le Déluge biblique'. Utilisé surtout dans des contextes historiques ou théologiques spécifiques.

1. Existing after the flood C2 formal

   Relating to or occurring in the period after the great flood described in the biblical story of Noah.

   • The postdiluvian world was believed to be repopulated by Noah's descendants.
   • Scholars debate the timeline of postdiluvian civilizations.
   • The landscape was described as postdiluvian, reshaped by the waters.

   🇫🇷Postdiluvien

   Antonymes: antediluvian

• more postdiluvian comparative form
• most postdiluvian superlative form

A noun referring to any living thing or entity that existed or exists after the great flood described in the biblical story of Noah.

• 🇫🇷Substantif désignant tout être vivant ou entité ayant existé ou existant après le grand déluge décrit dans le récit biblique de Noé.

1. Post-Flood Being C2 formal

   A person, creature, or thing that existed or lived after the great flood described in the biblical story of Noah.

   • According to the narrative, all postdiluvians descended from Noah's family.
   • The scholar studied the cultures of postdiluvians in ancient Mesopotamia.
   • Some myths describe postdiluvians as having shorter lifespans than their antediluvian ancestors.

   🇫🇷Être post-diluvien

   Antonymes: antediluvian

• postdiluvians plural form
• postdiluvians' possessive plural form
• postdiluvian's possessive singular form