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cataclysmal en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English cataclysm Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English cataclysmal From cataclysm + -al.

Meanings

  1. As noisy or destructive as a cataclysm.
    • That they have been exterminated by exceptional cataclysmal changes of the earth's surface has not been proved. 1861, Richard Owen, Palaeontology Or A Systematic Summary of Extinct Animals and Their Geological Relations:
    • Perhaps she’s so deaf that nothing short of a cataclysmal uproar will reach her auditory nerves. 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:

Forms

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most cataclysmal Degree=Sup lexicographic
more cataclysmal Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Synonyms

cataclysmic

Translations (1)

es cataclismal (as noisy or destructive as a cataclysm)