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diluvium

or di·lu·vi·on

[ dih-loo-vee-uhm ]

noun

, Geology Now Rare.
, plural di·lu·vi·a [dih-, loo, -vee-, uh], di·lu·vi·ums.
  1. a coarse surficial deposit formerly attributed to a general deluge but now regarded as glacial drift.


diluvium

/ daɪˈluːvɪəm; dɪ- /

noun

  1. geology a former name for glacial drift See drift
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of diluvium1

1810–20; < Latin dīluvium flood; deluge
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Word History and Origins

Origin of diluvium1

C19: from Latin: flood, from dīluere to wash away; see dilute
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Example Sentences

Such language you never heard, such a diluvium of profanity, such double-shotted d—ns!

Whence then, it may be asked, the masses of compact reddish clay and pebble diluvium, which exist?

This alluvium rests on the red marl-clay, or mineral diluvium; the latter of which is uniformly found on penetrating it.

Mine à La Motte is situated in the mineral diluvium, and is distant about two miles from the granite on Blackford's fork.

Examples are manuatus est for furatus est; abluvium for diluvium.

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