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antediluvian |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Antediluvian \An`te*di*lu"vi*an\, a. Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's time; hence antiquated; as an antediluvian vehicle. -- n. One who lived before the Deluge. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: antediluvian adj 1: of or relating to the period before the Biblical flood; "Antediluvian man" [syn: {antediluvial}] 2: so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws" [syn: {antiquated}, {archaic}] n 1: any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Deluge [syn: {antediluvian patriarch}] 2: a very old (or old fashioned) person
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