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Antediluvian
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Meaning
Adj
●
In Bible & Time:
Belonging or
pertaining
to, or
existing
in, the time
prior to
the great
flood
described
in Genesis, or (
by extension
) to a great or
destructive
flood
or
deluge
described
in other mythologies.
●
Of
animals
and
plants
: long
extinct
; prehistoric.
●
In Time:
Of a person or
thing
: very
old
; ancient.
●
Of
attitudes
,
ideas
, etc.:
extremely
old-fashioned
, especially to a
laughable
extent
; antiquated.
Noun
●
In Bible & Time:
A person who
lived in
the time
prior to
the great
flood
described
in Genesis, especially one of the
biblical
patriarchs.
●
A very
old
person.
●
A person with
extremely
old-fashioned
attitudes
,
ideas
, etc; especially to a
laughable
extent
; a
fogey
or
old
fogey
.
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Synonyms
Antediluvial
Prediluvian
Preflood
Prehistoric
Old
Obsolete
Antedeluvian
Old Person
Out Of The Ark
Antonyms
Young
New
Child
Related
Ancient
Archaic
Prehistoric
Antiquated
Anachronistic
Atavistic
Mediaeval
Outmoded
Medieval
Primordial
Barbarous
Neolithic
Hoary
Iniquitous
Unenlightened
Hidebound
Ancestral
Chthonic
Mythological
Austere
Imbecilic
Infantile
Inexorable
Quixotic
Unreconstructed
Primitive
Obscurantist
Aberrant
Idyllic
Primeval
Inhuman
Eldritch
Iron Age
Bronze Age
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