different between antediluvian vs taxonomy

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

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

Translations