antediluvian

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: antediluvian patriarchancientantediluvialantiquatedarchaic

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)

  1. any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian delugeSynonyms: antediluvian patriarchType of patriarch
  2. a very old personSynonyms: ancientType of oldster, old person

Adjective (2)

  1. of or relating to the period before the biblical flood“antediluvian man”Synonyms: antediluvialRelating to diluvian
  2. so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period“a ramshackle antediluvian tenement”“antediluvian ideas”“archaic laws”Synonyms: antiquatedarchaicOpposite newSimilar old
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

an′te·di·lu′vi·an (ăn′tē-dĭ-lū′vĭ-an), adjective

Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's time; hence, antiquated; as, an antediluvian vehicle. — noun One who lived before the Deluge.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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