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antediluvian::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | antiquated, archaic |
a ramshackle antediluvian tenement.
antediluvian ideas.
antediluvian::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ancient |
| Type of | golden ager, old person, oldster, senior citizen |
antediluvian::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | antediluvian patriarch |
| Type of | patriarch |
| Derivation | antediluvial |
Examples of antediluvian
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Such was life in the AFL's antediluvian era, though the Titans were undaunted.
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There are no excuses for these behaviours and antediluvian beliefs in 2013.
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He is mutton dressed as lamb with ideas that are positively antediluvian.
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They were the direct ancestry of Yima, the dazzling antediluvian monarch.
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Given that so much may be at stake, the way such broadcasts are allocated is antediluvian.
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It was one of two colossal icons in Bamiyan Valley, an antediluvian province in Afghanistan.
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I agree with you that Uncle Clive, silly name, is a bit antediluvian.
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Compared with what younger artists are doing today, this is antediluvian stuff, but I love it.
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There will be no future for Japan if it keeps its antediluvian attitudes towards non-Caucasian aliens.
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- Of or relating to the period before the biblical flood; "antediluvian man"
- Any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
- So extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws"
- Ancient: a very old person
- 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). The story takes up chapters 1-6 (excluding the flood narrative) of Genesis. ...
- (Antediluvians (World of Darkness)) Antediluvians is a term used by White Wolf Game Studio in their fictional role-playing game, the World of Darkness.
- One who lived prior to Noah's Flood; ancient or antiquated; old; prehistoric; Supremely dated; Pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge; Pertaining or belonging to the time prior to Noah's Flood
- (Antediluvians) These ancient vampires, if they exist at all, are likely the most powerful creatures in the world. Members of the Third Generation, the Antediluvians are only two steps removed from the first vampire,Caine.
- (adj) extremely old-fashioned: Such antediluvian ideas are not welcome in this modern institution!
