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antediluvian

/,æntidɪ'luviən/

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adjective
of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
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"antediluvian man"

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antediluvial
adjective
so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
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"a ramshackle antediluvian tenement" "antediluvian ideas"

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antiquated archaic old
noun
a very old person
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ancient

type of:
golden ager old person oldster senior citizen
noun
any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
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antediluvian patriarch

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patriarch

Examples of antediluvian

"antediluvian man"
"a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"
"antediluvian ideas"