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Antediluvian

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Noun

1. antediluvian, antediluvian patriarch

any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge

2. ancient, antediluvian

a very old person

Adjective

3. antediluvial, antediluvian

of or relating to the period before the biblical flood

Example Sentences:
'antediluvian man'

4. antediluvian, antiquated, archaic

so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

Example Sentences:
'a ramshackle antediluvian tenement'
'antediluvian ideas'
'archaic laws'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Antediluvian

see synonyms of antediluvian
adjective
1. 
belonging to the ages before the biblical Flood (Genesis 7, 8)
2. 
old-fashioned or antiquated
noun
3. 
an antediluvian person or thing

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Antediluvian

see synonyms of antediluvian
adjective
1. 
of the time before the Biblical Flood
2. 
very old, old-fashioned, or primitive
noun
3. 
an antediluvian person or thing

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Antediluvian

see synonyms of antediluvian
adj.
1. Bible Occurring or belonging to the era before the Flood.
2. Extremely old or old-fashioned. See Synonyms at old.

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