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    [Adjective]  | "an*te*di*lu*vi*an" | \ ˌan-ti-də-ˈlü-vē-ən \


    1: of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible

    2: made, evolved, or developed a long time ago

    3: extremely primitive or outmoded

    Origin: 1646 ;

     Borrowed from New Latin antedīluviānus, from Latin ante- {see: |ante-|ante-} + dīluvium "flood, inundation" + -ānus {see: |-an:2|-an:2} {mat|deluge:1|};

    [Noun]  | "antediluvians" 


    1: a person with old-fashioned ideas;


      * e.g., " ... thought his dad was an antediluvian for refusing to use any social media "




    [Noun]  | "antediluvian" 


    1: a person with old-fashioned ideas;


      * e.g., " ... thought his dad was an antediluvian for refusing to use any social media "




    [Adjective]  | "antediluvian" 


    1: dating or surviving from the distant past;


      * e.g., " ... found evidence in the Middle East of an antediluvian people previously unknown to history "




     [ "antediluvian" ]

    1: before Noah's ark; the period before the flood; really really old

      * e.g.,  ... They argued that their equipment was antediluvian and needed replacement. 

     [ "Antediluvian" ]

    1: Before the flood

      * e.g.,  ... Noa was born in the Antediluvian period Your grandma is so old she's Antediluvian. 

     [ "Antediluvian" ]

    2: The period in the bible before the great flood or a fancy insult for the elderly.

     [ "antediluvian" ]

    1: Pertaining to the period of time before the catastrophic eruption of Thea, about 1600-1500 BCE, the resultant tsunamis of which are believed to have caused the downfall of the Minoan civilization. This event is thought by many to be the basis of Plato's story of Atlantis. The word literally means "before the flood." From the Latin ante (before) + diluvium (flood).

      * e.g.,  ... In antediluvian times it was Minoan culture that dominated the islands of the Aegean. 

     [ "antediluvian" ]

    1: Old fashioned. So beyond last season

      * e.g.,  ... That hooker got apple bottom jeans, boots with the fur. She is so antediluvian 

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