prediluvian

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who lived before the Flood; an antediluvian.
    — When Noah in ark, with his ſons did embark, / Prediluvians, uplifted and pompous, / Deem’d his nautical ſcheme a fantaſtical dream, / And pronounc’d the projector non compos.
形容词 adj.
  1. Before the Flood; antediluvian. not-comparable

词形变化

prediluvians plural

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
English diluvian
English prediluvian
From pre- + diluvian.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *preh₂-
Proto-Indo-European *-i
Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i?
Proto-Italic *prai
Proto-Italic *prai-
Latin prae-lbor.
Middle English pre-
English pre-
English diluvian
English prediluvian
From pre- + diluvian.
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