Hypertext Webster Gateway: "antediluvian"
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) 1.7 (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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