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antediluvian (noun)

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  • antediluvian — adjective Etymology: ante + Latin diluvium flood more at deluge Date: 1646 1. of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible 2. a. made, evolved, or developed a long time ago < an antediluvian automobile > b. extremely p …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • antediluvian patriarch — noun any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge • Syn: ↑antediluvian • Derivationally related forms: ↑antediluvial (for: ↑antediluvian) • Hypernyms: ↑patriarch …   Useful english dictionary

  • antediluvian — (adj.) before Noah s flood, 1640s, formed from L. ante before (see ANTE (Cf. ante)) + diluvium a flood (see DELUGE (Cf. deluge)). Coined by English physician Sir Thomas Browne (1605 1682). As a noun meaning person who lived before the Flood, from …   Etymology dictionary

  • antediluvian — 1. adjective a) ancient or antiquated; old; prehistoric. Those ideas are antediluvian. b) Supremely dated. Syn …   Wiktionary

  • antediluvian — /ˌæntidəˈluviən / (say .anteeduh loohveeuhn) adjective 1. belonging to the period before the Flood, i.e., the universal deluge recorded as having occurred in the days of Noah. 2. antiquated; primitive: antediluvian ideas. 3. old; outmoded. –noun… …  

  • golden ager — noun an elderly person • Syn: ↑oldster, ↑old person, ↑senior citizen • Hypernyms: ↑adult, ↑grownup • Hyponyms: ↑ancient, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • old person — noun an elderly person • Syn: ↑oldster, ↑senior citizen, ↑golden ager • Hypernyms: ↑adult, ↑grownup • Hyponyms: ↑ancient, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • senior citizen — noun an elderly person • Syn: ↑oldster, ↑old person, ↑golden ager • Hypernyms: ↑adult, ↑grownup • Hyponyms: ↑ancient, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Genealogy (in the Bible) — • The word genealogy occurs only twice in the New Testament: I Tim., i, 4, and Tit., iii, 9. In these passages commentators explain the word as referring to the Gentile theogonies, or to the Essene generation of angels, or to the emanation of… …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • antediluvial — adjective of or relating to the period before the biblical flood antediluvian man • Syn: ↑antediluvian • Pertains to noun: ↑diluvial, ↑diluvial (for: ↑antediluvian) …   Useful english dictionary

  • ancient — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. aged, venerable; antique, antiquated; archaic, hoary. See age, oldness.Ant., recent, modern, new. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Very old] Syn. antique, antiquated, aged; see old 1 , 2 , 3 , old… …   English dictionary for students

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