antediluvianadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌantᵻdᵻˈluːvɪən/, U.S.

/ˌæn(t)idəˈluviən/,

/ˌæn(t)ədəˈluviən/,

/ˌæn(t)ə(ˌ)daɪˈluviən/

Forms: 1600s antideluvian, 1600s– antediluvian, 1700s antedeluvian, 1700s antidiluvian.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Etymons: ante- prefix, Latin dīluvium , -an suffix.

Etymology: < ante- prefix + classical Latin dīluvium deluge (see diluvium n.) + -an suffix. Compare later post-diluvian adj., post-diluvian n.

A. adj.

1. Of or relating to the period before the Flood described in the biblical book of Genesis, or (later) before a widespread flood as described in other mythological traditions; existing or living before such a flood.antediluvian patriarch: see patriarch n. 2a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of the time of the flood or Noah > before the Flood or antediluvian

antediluvian1646

prediluvian1690

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of the time of the flood or Noah > occurring or existing before the Flood

antediluvian1646

prediluvian1690

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 344 The antediluvian Chronology.

1648 M. Prideaux & J. Prideaux Easy & Compend. Introd. Hist. 1 Of the Antediluvian Patriarches, or Long-liv'd Fathers, before the Flood.

1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth ii. 134 I shall shew..that the Antediluvian Year was different from, nay shorter than the present Year.

1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. i. 8 Such a degree as was ordinary to the Patriarchs of the Antediluvian Age.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. xlv. 293 In our foregoing disquisition we ventured upon the threshold of a Scythiac antediluvian hypothesis.

1797 Encycl. Brit. X. 458/2 The Sabians have several books which they attribute to some of the antediluvian prophets.

1821 W. M. Craig Lect. Drawing ii. 109 The ingenious Dr. Burnet..has made the antediluvian world a beautiful, smooth sphere, entirely covered with fine rich pasture land.

a1849 H. Coleridge Ess. & Marginalia (1851) II. 299 The antediluvian and postdiluvian history.

1867 Eclectic Rev. Aug. 113 He built his huge ark, and..the great wicked world of antediluvian people, and his family too, thought him insane.

1963 S. N. Kramer Sumerians viii. 293 According to at least one Mesopotamian tradition there were ten antediluvian rulers, each with a life span of extraordinary length.

2005 A. Y. Reed Fallen Angels & Hist. Judaism & Christianity 54 Both texts are composite and preserve multiple and conflicting traditions about antediluvian history.

2. Recalling or reminiscent of that which existed before the biblical Flood. Now somewhat rare.Often with allusion to the long lifespans attributed to the antediluvian patriarchs (cf. sense A. 1).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of the time of the flood or Noah > that which could be obtained before the flood

antediluvian1698

1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 367 Could I then lengthen out my Span to an Antediluvian stretch.

1705 F. Fuller Medicina Gymnastica Pref. sig. b Some men are by their Constitutions condemn'd to an Antediluvian Diet of Roots and Vegetables.

1723 W. Byrd II Let. 29 July in Corr. Three William Byrds (1977) I. ii. 346 Some antediluvian constitutions with the help of temperance & regularity, will hold out a long time.

1792 R. Burns Let. 14 Jan. (1985) II. 129 As to your prediction of sixty-three, I laugh at it. You have a hale, antedeluvian constitution.

1846 H. Rogers Ess. I. iv. 165 An antediluvian lease of life.

1888 Isle of Man Times 5 Sept. 3/3 My life would be preternaturally prolonged to something like an antediluvian length.

1905 Harper's Mag. Dec. 635/2 Or between 1951 and 2001, if he should, in support of the Metchnikoff theory, decide upon an antediluvian longevity?

2004 A. E. Palumbo Dead Sea Scrolls i. iii. 47 John [the Baptist]..intended to practice the antediluvian diet and wear the antediluvian garb until such time as the New Covenant..gained control of the temple.

3. Of animals, plants, etc.: prehistoric; long extinct; such as are known only from their fossil remains.In early use reflecting the belief that the demise of such species (and the preservation of their fossilized remains) was attributable to the biblical Flood.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > primitive or early

earlyOE

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primec1429

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pristinate1531

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primigene1623

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primevea1640

primogenian1650

pristinary1652

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protogeneous1660

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primo-primitive1678

antediluvian1705

priscal1831

archaic1833

primigenian1847

Palaeozoic1863

priscan1870

aboriginary1993

1705 J. Witty Ess. towards Vindic. Mosaic Hist. Creation viii. 121 Relicks of the Deluge shew well nigh as much vigor in the Earth now as it had... The Exuviae which remain of the antediluvian Animals [are of the same size] with those of their respective Species now to be found.

1770 J. Wesley Surv. Wisdom God III. iv. i. 140 Amber appears to be, the Resin of antediluvian Trees (which are frequently found with it at this Day).

1835 Sci. Tracts 15 Sept. 193 This gentleman..has become extremely celebrated for brilliant discoveries of extinct races of animals, particularly the great races of antediluvian reptiles.

1894 Mag. of Art 17 342/2 In the core of each flint can be traced the remains of a defunct antediluvian sponge.

1910 ‘Dr. Coggs’ Teddy in Darkest Afr. xiv. 187 ‘Say, Professor.., that snake looks like an antediluvian monster.’ ‘Say rather like a prehistoric one,’ corrected the Professor.

1992 P. O'Brian Truelove viii. 215 Undescribed forms of mollusc, insect, arachnid..there may even be some antediluvian mammals.

2014 W. Thomas Fatal Enq. ii. 12 It was like watching antediluvian carnivores fight over a wounded prey.

4. hyperbolical. Very antiquated; ridiculously old-fashioned or out-of-date.

ΚΠ

1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband iii. i. 53 Such primitive antediluvian Notions of Life.

1796 F. Burney Camilla III. vi. 79 If..some antediluvian prig..happen to fall upon me with formal speeches, where I can make no escape, a fit of yawning takes me immediately.

1823 C. Lamb Diss. Roast Pig in Elia 277 The cottage (a sorry antediluvian make-shift of a building).

1866 H. Minton Pract. Homœopathic Treat. Dis. Women & Children iii. 52 The notion is antediluvian, and long ago exploded: no one thinks of following such advice now.

1916 Times 1 Nov. 11/5 Some of us go in the car and the rest pack into a pre-historic carriage drawn by an antediluvian horse, and drive back for ‘colazione’.

1962 Life 20 July 41/1 The conversation is general: the heat, the advantages of jet travel, the complexities of Mississippi's antediluvian liquor laws.

2007 A. Theroux Laura Warholic xx. 283 Try to get anywhere fast on those antediluvian trolleys in that buggered-up city.

B. n.

A person living in the biblical period before the time of the Flood, esp. any of the patriarchs (cf. senses A. 1, A. 2). Also: a very old or very old-fashioned person (cf. sense A. 4).

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > old person > [noun]

oldeOE

morea1382

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ancient1502

mouldy chopsa1640

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prediluvian1690

emerit1710

pelt1757

old fogey1793

antique1801

relic1832

old head1838

oldster1846

elderling1863

the Ancient of Days1935

senior citizen1938

OAP1942

golden ager1948

coffin dodger1954

wrinkly1972

crumbly1976

geriatric1977

the world > people > person > person of ancient times > [noun]

pre-Adamite1656

primitive1779

antediluvian1823

1648 M. Prideaux & J. Prideaux Easy & Compend. Introd. Hist. 2 (heading) Antediluvians.

1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth ii. 222 The long lives of the antediluvians.

1713 J. Addison in Guardian 7 July 2/1 An Antediluvian could not have more Life and Briskness in him at Threescore and ten.

1789 W. Williams Primitive Hist. p. iii (heading) Of letters reinvented by him and his son Thoth Hermogenes, tho' known by the Antediluvians.

1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. v. 134 From what cursed old antediluvian, who lived before the invention of spinning-jennies, she learned this craft, Heaven only knows.

1870 Harper's New Monthly Mag. 40 902/1 To me..a grandfather seems to be as remote and venerable as the antediluvians, and Noah and Abraham are as near to my imagination..as they.

1904 J. Garnier Worship of Dead ix. 183 These 724 years might perfectly accord with the lifetime of an antediluvian.

1955 Life 28 Feb. 31/2 At the same time it invigorates the Republican party by isolating the remaining antediluvians as a disgruntled minority.

1992 Notes & Queries Mar. 42/2 This concept of the language of ante-diluvians was not unusual.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	antediluvian
释义	antediluvianadj.n. Brit. /ˌantᵻdᵻˈluːvɪən/, U.S. /ˌæn(t)idəˈluviən/, /ˌæn(t)ədəˈluviən/, /ˌæn(t)ə(ˌ)daɪˈluviən/ Forms: 1600s antideluvian, 1600s– antediluvian, 1700s antedeluvian, 1700s antidiluvian. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with English elements. Etymons: ante- prefix, Latin dīluvium , -an suffix. Etymology: < ante- prefix + classical Latin dīluvium deluge (see diluvium n.) + -an suffix. Compare later post-diluvian adj., post-diluvian n. A. adj. 1. Of or relating to the period before the Flood described in the biblical book of Genesis, or (later) before a widespread flood as described in other mythological traditions; existing or living before such a flood.antediluvian patriarch: see patriarch n. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of the time of the flood or Noah > before the Flood or antediluvian antediluvian1646 prediluvian1690 the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of the time of the flood or Noah > occurring or existing before the Flood antediluvian1646 prediluvian1690 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 344 The antediluvian Chronology. View more context for this quotation 1648 M. Prideaux & J. Prideaux Easy & Compend. Introd. Hist. 1 Of the Antediluvian Patriarches, or Long-liv'd Fathers, before the Flood. 1696 W. Whiston New Theory of Earth ii. 134 I shall shew..that the Antediluvian Year was different from, nay shorter than the present Year. 1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. i. 8 Such a degree as was ordinary to the Patriarchs of the Antediluvian Age. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. xlv. 293 In our foregoing disquisition we ventured upon the threshold of a Scythiac antediluvian hypothesis. 1797 Encycl. Brit. X. 458/2 The Sabians have several books which they attribute to some of the antediluvian prophets. 1821 W. M. Craig Lect. Drawing ii. 109 The ingenious Dr. Burnet..has made the antediluvian world a beautiful, smooth sphere, entirely covered with fine rich pasture land. a1849 H. Coleridge Ess. & Marginalia (1851) II. 299 The antediluvian and postdiluvian history. 1867 Eclectic Rev. Aug. 113 He built his huge ark, and..the great wicked world of antediluvian people, and his family too, thought him insane. 1963 S. N. Kramer Sumerians viii. 293 According to at least one Mesopotamian tradition there were ten antediluvian rulers, each with a life span of extraordinary length. 2005 A. Y. Reed Fallen Angels & Hist. Judaism & Christianity 54 Both texts are composite and preserve multiple and conflicting traditions about antediluvian history. 2. Recalling or reminiscent of that which existed before the biblical Flood. Now somewhat rare.Often with allusion to the long lifespans attributed to the antediluvian patriarchs (cf. sense A. 1). ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > historical period > [adjective] > of the time of the flood or Noah > that which could be obtained before the flood antediluvian1698 1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 367 Could I then lengthen out my Span to an Antediluvian stretch. 1705 F. Fuller Medicina Gymnastica Pref. sig. b Some men are by their Constitutions condemn'd to an Antediluvian Diet of Roots and Vegetables. 1723 W. Byrd II Let. 29 July in Corr. Three William Byrds (1977) I. ii. 346 Some antediluvian constitutions with the help of temperance & regularity, will hold out a long time. 1792 R. Burns Let. 14 Jan. (1985) II. 129 As to your prediction of sixty-three, I laugh at it. You have a hale, antedeluvian constitution. 1846 H. Rogers Ess. I. iv. 165 An antediluvian lease of life. 1888 Isle of Man Times 5 Sept. 3/3 My life would be preternaturally prolonged to something like an antediluvian length. 1905 Harper's Mag. Dec. 635/2 Or between 1951 and 2001, if he should, in support of the Metchnikoff theory, decide upon an antediluvian longevity? 2004 A. E. Palumbo Dead Sea Scrolls i. iii. 47 John [the Baptist]..intended to practice the antediluvian diet and wear the antediluvian garb until such time as the New Covenant..gained control of the temple. 3. Of animals, plants, etc.: prehistoric; long extinct; such as are known only from their fossil remains.In early use reflecting the belief that the demise of such species (and the preservation of their fossilized remains) was attributable to the biblical Flood. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > oldness or ancientness > [adjective] > primitive or early earlyOE formerc1374 primordiala1398 primec1429 primer1448 primitivea1475 pristinate1531 prisk1533 pristine1534 primordiate1599 primigenial1602 primitial1602 primigenie1615 primigenious1620 primigene1623 primogenious1625 primogeniala1631 primevea1640 primogenian1650 pristinary1652 primeval1653 primevous1656 protogeneous1660 primigenous1677 primo-primitive1678 antediluvian1705 priscal1831 archaic1833 primigenian1847 Palaeozoic1863 priscan1870 aboriginary1993 1705 J. Witty Ess. towards Vindic. Mosaic Hist. Creation viii. 121 Relicks of the Deluge shew well nigh as much vigor in the Earth now as it had... The Exuviae which remain of the antediluvian Animals [are of the same size] with those of their respective Species now to be found. 1770 J. Wesley Surv. Wisdom God III. iv. i. 140 Amber appears to be, the Resin of antediluvian Trees (which are frequently found with it at this Day). 1835 Sci. Tracts 15 Sept. 193 This gentleman..has become extremely celebrated for brilliant discoveries of extinct races of animals, particularly the great races of antediluvian reptiles. 1894 Mag. of Art 17 342/2 In the core of each flint can be traced the remains of a defunct antediluvian sponge. 1910 ‘Dr. Coggs’ Teddy in Darkest Afr. xiv. 187 ‘Say, Professor.., that snake looks like an antediluvian monster.’ ‘Say rather like a prehistoric one,’ corrected the Professor. 1992 P. O'Brian Truelove viii. 215 Undescribed forms of mollusc, insect, arachnid..there may even be some antediluvian mammals. 2014 W. Thomas Fatal Enq. ii. 12 It was like watching antediluvian carnivores fight over a wounded prey. 4. hyperbolical. Very antiquated; ridiculously old-fashioned or out-of-date. ΚΠ 1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband iii. i. 53 Such primitive antediluvian Notions of Life. 1796 F. Burney Camilla III. vi. 79 If..some antediluvian prig..happen to fall upon me with formal speeches, where I can make no escape, a fit of yawning takes me immediately. 1823 C. Lamb Diss. Roast Pig in Elia 277 The cottage (a sorry antediluvian make-shift of a building). 1866 H. Minton Pract. Homœopathic Treat. Dis. Women & Children iii. 52 The notion is antediluvian, and long ago exploded: no one thinks of following such advice now. 1916 Times 1 Nov. 11/5 Some of us go in the car and the rest pack into a pre-historic carriage drawn by an antediluvian horse, and drive back for ‘colazione’. 1962 Life 20 July 41/1 The conversation is general: the heat, the advantages of jet travel, the complexities of Mississippi's antediluvian liquor laws. 2007 A. Theroux Laura Warholic xx. 283 Try to get anywhere fast on those antediluvian trolleys in that buggered-up city. B. n. A person living in the biblical period before the time of the Flood, esp. any of the patriarchs (cf. senses A. 1, A. 2). Also: a very old or very old-fashioned person (cf. sense A. 4). ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > old person > [noun] oldeOE morea1382 olderc1450 ancient1502 mouldy chopsa1640 antediluvian1648 prediluvian1690 emerit1710 pelt1757 old fogey1793 antique1801 relic1832 old head1838 oldster1846 elderling1863 the Ancient of Days1935 senior citizen1938 OAP1942 golden ager1948 coffin dodger1954 wrinkly1972 crumbly1976 geriatric1977 the world > people > person > person of ancient times > [noun] pre-Adamite1656 primitive1779 antediluvian1823 1648 M. Prideaux & J. Prideaux Easy & Compend. Introd. Hist. 2 (heading) Antediluvians. 1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth ii. 222 The long lives of the antediluvians. 1713 J. Addison in Guardian 7 July 2/1 An Antediluvian could not have more Life and Briskness in him at Threescore and ten. 1789 W. Williams Primitive Hist. p. iii (heading) Of letters reinvented by him and his son Thoth Hermogenes, tho' known by the Antediluvians. 1823 W. Scott St. Ronan's Well III. v. 134 From what cursed old antediluvian, who lived before the invention of spinning-jennies, she learned this craft, Heaven only knows. 1870 Harper's New Monthly Mag. 40 902/1 To me..a grandfather seems to be as remote and venerable as the antediluvians, and Noah and Abraham are as near to my imagination..as they. 1904 J. Garnier Worship of Dead ix. 183 These 724 years might perfectly accord with the lifetime of an antediluvian. 1955 Life 28 Feb. 31/2 At the same time it invigorates the Republican party by isolating the remaining antediluvians as a disgruntled minority. 1992 Notes & Queries Mar. 42/2 This concept of the language of ante-diluvians was not unusual. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1646
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