ANTEDILUVIAN

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

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Etymology

Adjective

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

Noun

antediluvian (plural antediluvians)

One who lived prior to Noah's Flood.

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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