antediluvian, antiquated, archaic
(adjective) so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; “a ramshackle antediluvian tenement”; “antediluvian ideas”; “archaic laws”
antediluvian, antediluvial
(adjective) of or relating to the period before the biblical flood; “antediluvian man”
ancient, antediluvian
(noun) a very old person
antediluvian, antediluvian patriarch
(noun) any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
Source: WordNet® 3.1
antediluvian (comparative more antediluvian, superlative most antediluvian)
Ancient or antiquated.
Synonyms: antediluvial, old, prehistoric, Thesaurus:old
Extremely dated.
Synonyms: dated, old-fashioned, Thesaurus:obsolete
Pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge.
Synonym: preflood
(biblical) Pertaining or belonging to the time prior to Noah's Flood.
Synonym: antediluvial
Coordinate term: prelapsarian
antediluvian (plural antediluvians)
One who lived prior to Noah's Flood.
Source: Wiktionary
An`te*di*lu"vi*an, a.
Definition: Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's time; hence, antiquated; as, an antediluvian vehicle.
– n.
Definition: One who lived before the Deluge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 September 2024
(adjective) shaped or conditioned or disciplined by training; often used as a combining form; “a trained mind”; “trained pigeons”; “well-trained servants”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
