antediluvian
[an-tee-di-loo-vee-uh n]
adjective
of or belonging to the period before the Flood. Gen. 7, 8.
very old, old-fashioned, or out of date; antiquated; primitive: antediluvian ideas.
noun
a person who lived before the Flood.
a very old or old-fashioned person or thing.
Origin of antediluvian
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Related Words for antediluvian
antique, primitive, ancient, old, antiquated, archaic, hoary, obsolete, old-fashioned, primeval, primordial, timeworn, venerable, age-oldExamples from the Web for antediluvian
Contemporary Examples of antediluvian
Put aside an invincibly ignorant Rick Perry or the antediluvian Ron Paul, who would abolish the Fed altogether.
Can Ben Bernanke, Like John Roberts, Ignore Political Pressure and Do His Job?Robert Shrum
July 17, 2012
“Through Cain came all the smart, educated people down to the antediluvian flood—the intellectuals, bible colleges,” Branham wrote.
Historical Examples of antediluvian
You do not see the antediluvian kingdom, that of Sesostris and that of Semiramis?
The Memoires of Casanova, CompleteJacques Casanova de Seingalt
The one school is of an Antediluvian, the other of a Christian race.
The three Miss Murgatroyds—oh, Jane, they are so antediluvian and quaint!
The Mistress of ShenstoneFlorence L. Barclay
These were the keys which unlocked the treasures of the antediluvian world for me.
Story of My LifeHelen Keller
Observe the “antediluvian” shape of the bat—no paddings on the legs.
Pickwickian Manners and CustomsPercy Fitzgerald
antediluvian
adjective
noun
Word Origin for antediluvian
C17: from ante- + Latin dīluvium flood
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