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cataclysmal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

"That they have been exterminated by exceptional cataclysmal changes of the earth's surface has not been proved."
"Perhaps she’s so deaf that nothing short of a cataclysmal uproar will reach her auditory nerves."

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.

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cataclysmic

What does cataclysmal mean?: As noisy or destructive as a cataclysm.
Where does cataclysmal come from?: 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.

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