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antediluvian Definition


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antediluvian
adj
    1. Belonging to the time before the Flood.
    2. facetious
      Very old or old-fashioned.
      Thesaurus: ancient, primal, prehistoric, primitive, anachronistic, archaic, superannuated, primordial, obsolete, old-fashioned, out-of-date, passé, bygone, antiquated, primeval; Antonym: up-to-date, with it (slang).
Etymology: 17c: from ante- + Latin dilivium flood.



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