antediluvian
Illustration of the deluge, from the nineteenth-century illustrated Bible of Gustave Doré
Meanings
Adjective
- Ancient or antiquated.
- Extremely dated.
- Pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge.
- Pertaining or belonging to the time prior to Noah's Flood.
Noun
Origin
- From ante- + dīluvium; in reference to the story of Noah’s Ark (Genesis 6–9), an early episode in the Bible.
Modern English dictionary
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