different between antediluvian vs dill

English

Etymology

From ante- (“before”) +? Latin d?luvium (“flood”) +? -an; in reference to the story of Noah’s Ark (Genesis 6–9), an early episode in the Bible.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ant?d??lu?v??n/

Adjective

antediluvian (comparative more antediluvian, superlative most antediluvian)

1. Ancient or antiquated.

   Synonyms: antediluvial, old, prehistoric; see also Thesaurus:old

2. Extremely dated.

   Synonyms: dated, old-fashioned; see also Thesaurus:obsolete
3. Pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge.

   Synonym: preflood

4. (biblical) Pertaining or belonging to the time prior to Noah's Flood.

   Synonym: antediluvial

   Coordinate term: prelapsarian

Translations

Noun

antediluvian (plural antediluvians)

1. One who lived prior to Noah's Flood.

Related terms

• deluge
• diluvial

Further reading

• antediluvian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “antediluvian”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Romanian

Etymology

From French antédiluvien

Noun

antediluvian n (plural antediluvieni)

1. antediluvian

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??/
• Rhymes: -?l

Wikispecies

Etymology 1

From Middle English dile, from Old English dile (“dill, anise”); from Proto-Germanic *dilja-, of uncertain, probably non-Indo-European origin, possibly a west European substrate.

Cognate with Old Saxon dilli, Dutch dille, Swedish dill, German Dill.

Noun

dill (countable and uncountable, plural dills)

1. Anethum graveolens (the type species of the genus Anethum), a herb, the seeds of which are moderately warming, pungent, and aromatic, formerly used as a soothing medicine for children; also known as dillseed.
2. A cucumber pickled with dill flavoring

   Synonym: dill pickle

3. (informal) a fool.
   • 2016, Robert G. Barrett, And De Fun Don't Done: A Les Norton Novel

     He could go over and monster his way among the poms, but he was that drunk he'd probably only make a dill of himself

Synonyms

• (herb): anet, dillseed, Peucedanum graveolens
• (type of pickle): dill pickle

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

dill (third-person singular simple present dills, present participle dilling, simple past and past participle dilled)

1. To cook or flavor with dill

See also

• cornichon
• cucumber
• gherkin
• graveolens
• pickled cucumber
• pickle

Etymology 2

Variant of dull

Verb

dill (third-person singular simple present dills, present participle dilling, simple past and past participle dilled)

1. To still; to assuage; to calm; to soothe, as one in pain.

References

Further reading

• dill at OneLook Dictionary Search
• dill in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• dill on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Anethum graveolens on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Anethum graveolens on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dylja, from Proto-Germanic *dilja-, of uncertain, non-Indo-European origin, possibly a substrate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?l?/
• Rhymes: -?l?

Noun

dill n (genitive singular dills, no plural)

1. dill (Anethum graveolens)

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish dil, from Old Norse dylja, from Proto-Germanic *dilja-, of uncertain, non-Indo-European origin, possibly a substrate.

Pronunciation

Noun

dill c (uncountable)

1. the herb dill

Declension

Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

• dell
• del
• dil
• dl

Etymology

From Old Norse til, from Proto-Germanic *tila- (“goal”), from Proto-Indo-European *ád (“near, at”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /del/, /d?l/

  Rhymes: -el, -?l

Particle

dill

1. Used to indicate the infinitive form of a verb; compare English to.

Preposition

dill

1. to (indicating destination)

Adverb

dill

1. another, one more

Derived terms