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Definition of Antediluvian

1. Noun. Any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge.

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

3. Noun. A very old person.

4. Adjective. So extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period. "Archaic laws"

Definition of Antediluvian

1. a. Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's time; hence, antiquated; as, an antediluvian vehicle.

Definition of Antediluvian

1. Adjective. ancient or antiquated; old; prehistoric. ¹

2. Adjective. Supremely dated. ¹

3. Adjective. Pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge ¹

4. Adjective. (biblical) Pertaining or belonging to the time prior to Noah's Flood. ¹

5. Noun. One who lived prior to Noah's Flood. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Antediluvian

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Antediluvian

antecipations anteclypeus antecommunion antecubital antecubital space antecursor antecursors anted antedate antedated

antedates antedating antediluvial antediluvian (current term) antediluvian patriarch antediluvians anteed antefact antefacts antefebrile

antefix antefixa antefixae antefixal antefixes anteflex anteflexed anteflexion

Literary usage of Antediluvian

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

1. The Beginnings of Libraries by Ernest Cushing Richardson (1914)
"antediluvian libraries. General There are several classes of alleged libraries, which if they have real existence must necessarily precede all others. ..."

2. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1825)
"On the Climate of the antediluvian World, and its Independence, ... The view which I am going to take of the temperature of the antediluvian world, ..."

3. Papers and Proceedings of the ... General Meeting of the American Library by General Meeting, American Library Association (1890)
"6 and 7) a list of treatises on antediluvian libraries, and mentions also some ... It purposes to examine what accounts, if any, we have of antediluvian ..."

4. The Myths of Israel: The Ancient Book of Genesis with Analysis and by Amos Kidder Fiske (1897)
"According to him there were ten antediluvian generations of long life. A distinct relation has been traced between the names of the heads of these ..."

5. Outlines of History: Illus. by Numerous Geographical & Historical Notes by Marcius Willson (1864)
"OUTLINES OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY CHAPTER I. THE antediluvian WORLD. ... The four leading historical facts in the history of the antediluvian world. 15. ..."

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