before the Flood (Biblical); antiquated, ancient
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Antediluvian Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
One who lived before the Deluge.
One who lived before the Deluge.
(a.)
Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's time; hence, antiquated; as, an antediluvian vehicle.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutOf or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's time; hence, antiquated; as, an antediluvian vehicle.
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.
Of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of Noah.
1. of or relating to the period before the deluge described in the Bible
2.ANTIQUATED, OBSOLETE(an antediluvian automobile)
***The antediluvian customs had apparently not changed for thousands of years.
2.ANTIQUATED, OBSOLETE(an antediluvian automobile)
***The antediluvian customs had apparently not changed for thousands of years.
Noun
1. any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Deluge
(synonym) antediluvian patriarch
(hypernym) patriarch
2. a very old (or old fashioned) person
(hypernym) oldster, old person, senior citizen, golden ager
Adjective
1. of or relating to the period before the Biblical flood; "Antediluvian man"
(synonym) antediluvial
(pertainym) diluvian, diluvial
2. so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws"
(synonym) antiquated, archaic
(similar) old
Antediluvian Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
The antediluvian (or pre-diluvian) period – meaning "before the deluge" – is the period referred to in the Bible between the Creation of the Earth and the Deluge (flood) in the Biblical cosmology. The narrative takes up chapters 1-6 (excluding the flood narrative) of Genesis. The term found its way into early geology and lingered in science until late Victorian era. Colloquially, the term is used to refer to any ancient and murky period.
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Antediluvian Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
(1) Extremely old and antiquated. (2) Occurring or belonging to the era before the Flood written about in the Bible. (Ecology) Used sometimes today to denote a public growth and water policy based on an area's natural ability to support population growth only through existing, readily available natural resources, i.e., water.
