English

Adjective

Noachian ‎(not comparable)

1. Pertaining to Noah or his time. [from 17th c.]
   • 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin 2012, page 13:

     The victims of the Noachian flood would add another 20 million or so to the total.

Related terms

• Noahide, Noahite

Etymology 2

From Noachis +‎ -ian (after Etymology 1, above).

Adjective

Noachian ‎(not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the earliest Martian geological time period characterized by large craters. [from 20th c.]

Noun

Noachian ‎(uncountable)

1. The Noachian geological period. [from 20th c.]

See also

• Hesperian
• Amazonian