For example The judge commented that the attitudes shown were positively antediluvian. Show source/s Plain English Campaign Give feedback This page was not useful This page was useful Thank you for your feedback. If you have another few minutes please take the time to tell us about our new Dictionary service. Thank you for your answer, if you can tell us more that would really help Update
Ad hoc For a particular purpose. For example, a committee set up to deal with a particular situation is an ad hoc committee. (This term is Latin.)