antediluvian
English
Illustration of the deluge, from the nineteenth-century illustrated Bible of Gustave Doré
Etymology
From ante- (“before”) + Latin dīluvium (“flood”); in reference to the story of Noah’s Ark (Genesis 6–9), an early episode in the Bible.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌantɪdɪˈluːvɪən/
Adjective
antediluvian (comparative more antediluvian, superlative most antediluvian)
- Ancient or antiquated.
- Synonyms: antediluvial, old, prehistoric
- Extremely dated.
- Synonyms: dated, old-fashioned
- Those ideas are antediluvian.
- Pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge.
- (biblical) Pertaining or belonging to the time prior to Noah's Flood.
- Synonym: antediluvial
- Coordinate term: prelapsarian
Translations
extremely ancient or antiquated; old; prehistoric
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extremely dated
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pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge
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Further reading
- “antediluvian” (US) / “antediluvian” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.
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