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an·te·di·lu·vi·an    Audio Help   [an-tee-di-loo-vee-uhn] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
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2.very old, old-fashioned, or out of date; antiquated; primitive: antediluvian ideas.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.

[Origin: 1640–50; ante- + L dīluvi(um) a flood, deluge + -an]
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antediluvian

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an·te·di·lu·vi·an    Audio Help   (ān'tĭ-də-lōō'vē-ən)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Extremely old and antiquated. See Synonyms at old.
  2. Bible Occurring or belonging to the era before the Flood.


[From ante- + Latin dīluvium, flood; see diluvial.]

an'te·di·lu'vi·an n.
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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'

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Main Entry:  antediluvian1
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a very old person
Etymology:  ante- + diluvium 'the deluge'

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Main Entry:  antediluvian2
Part of Speech:  adj
Definition:  antiquated; from a much earlier time
Etymology:  ante- + diluvium 'the deluge'

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Main Entry:  antediluvian2
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  a person who lived before the Flood
Etymology:  ante- + diluvium 'the deluge'

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antediluvian 
"before Noah's flood," 1646, formed from L. ante- "before" (see ante) + diluvium "a flood" (see deluge). Coined by Eng. physician Sir Thomas Browne (1605-82).

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antediluvian

adjective
1. of or relating to the period before the biblical flood; "antediluvian man" 
2. so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws" 

noun
1. any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge 
2. a very old person [syn: ancient

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Antediluvian

An`te*di*lu"vi*an\, a. Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's time; hence, antiquated; as, an antediluvian vehicle. -- n. One who lived before the Deluge.
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