postdiluvian

[pohst-di-loo-vee-uhn]

post·di·lu·vi·an

[pohst-di-loo-vee-uhn]
adjective
1.
existing or occurring after the Biblical Flood.
noun
2.
a person who lived after the Biblical Flood.

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Postdiluvian has a plethora of syllables.
So is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Does it mean:
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.

Origin:
1670–80; post- + diluvian
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postdiluvian (ˌpəʊstdɪˈluːvɪən, -daɪ-)
 
adj
1.  existing or occurring after the biblical Flood
 
n
2.  a person or thing existing after the biblical Flood
 
[C17: from post- + diluvian, from Latin diluvium deluge, flood]

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