diluvium

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diluvium

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Learned borrowing from Latin dīluvium (“flood”), from lavō (“to wash”). Doublet of deluge.

noun diluviums · diluvia · deluvium

countable, uncountable An inundation or flood; a deluge.
countable, uncountable A deposit of sand, gravel, etc. made by oceanic flooding.

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"diluvium." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/diluvium. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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diluvium. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/diluvium

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"diluvium." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/diluvium.

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@misc{diluvium_2026,
  title = {diluvium},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/diluvium},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}