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1.
of or belonging to the period before the Flood. Gen. 7, 8.
2.
very old, old-fashioned, or out of date; antiquated; primitive: antediluvian ideas.
noun
3.
a person who lived before the Flood.
4.
a very old or old-fashioned person or thing.
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Antediluvian
has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
| the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language). |
| opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England. |
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- Zimmer is no longer in a position to legislate his antediluvian view of morality.
- The antediluvian bug eyed monsters opposing this will retire soon enough.
- It then scrapped its antediluvian operating system and developed an entirely new one that has won plaudits from reviewers.
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| Main Entry: | antediluvian1 |
| Part of Speech: | adj |
| Definition: | before the Flood (in the Bible); pertaining to the time before the Flood |
| Etymology: | ante- + diluvium 'the deluge' |
| Main Entry: | antediluvian1 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a very old person |
| Etymology: | ante- + diluvium 'the deluge' |
| Main Entry: | antediluvian2 |
| Part of Speech: | adj |
| Definition: | antiquated; from a much earlier time |
| Etymology: | ante- + diluvium 'the deluge' |
| Main Entry: | antediluvian2 |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a person who lived before the Flood |
| Etymology: | ante- + diluvium 'the deluge' |
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