Meaning of antediluvian

an•te•di•lu•vi•an

Pronunciation: (an"tē-di-l'vē-un), [key]

— adj.

of or belonging to the period before the Flood. Gen. 7, 8.
very old, old-fashioned, or out of date; antiquated; primitive: antediluvian ideas.

—n.

a person who lived before the Flood.
a very old or old-fashioned person or thing.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

See also:

antediluvian (Thesaurus)

antedate antediluvian patriarch

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