NOACHIAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to Noah or his time

Example:

Noachian deluge

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Noah (the Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of Noah and the flood is told in the Book of Genesis)

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