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Adjective: antediluvian `anteedi'looveeun- Of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
"antediluvian man"
- antediluvial - So extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
"a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"
- antiquated, archaic
Noun: antediluvian `anteedi'looveeun- Any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
- antediluvian patriarch - A very old person
- ancient
Derived forms: antediluvians See also: diluvial, old Type of: golden ager, old person, oldster [N. Amer], patriarch, senior citizen Encyclopedia: Antediluvian |