Definition of Antediluvial

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the period before the biblical flood. "Antediluvian man"

Exact synonyms: Antediluvian
Derivative terms: Antediluvian
Partainyms: Diluvial, Diluvial

Definition of Antediluvial

1. a. Before the flood, or Deluge, in Noah's time.

Definition of Antediluvial

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a time before Noah's flood (or similar deluge myth) ¹

2. Adjective. antiquated ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antediluvial

antecipation
antecipations
anteclypeus
antecommunion
antecubital
antecubital space
antecursor
antecursors
anted
antedate
antedated
antedates
antedating
antediluvial (current term)
antediluvian
antediluvian patriarch
antediluvians
anteed
antefact
antefacts
antefebrile
antefix
antefixa
antefixae
antefixal
antefixes
anteflex
anteflexed

Literary usage of Antediluvial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1887)
"antediluvial,' a good word, should replace ' antediluvian,' but has not done so as yet. ... The mighty (not "antediluvial") stag. 1016. The ebbing wave. ..."

2. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1894)
"Those who find certain resemblances to simian skulls in those of antediluvial man overlook the power of drawing shown in the etchings of animals on pieces ..."

3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1868)
"... and antediluvial ; and he obse the “ most modern “ of the Auvergne are of “ high antiquity. ..."

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