antediluvian ideas

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• antediluvian — /an tee di looh vee euhn/, adj. 1. of or belonging to the period before the Flood. Gen. 7, 8. 2. very old, old fashioned, or out of date; antiquated; primitive: antediluvian ideas. n. 3. a person who lived before the Flood. 4. a very old or old… …   Universalium

• antediluvian — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. before the Flood, antiquated, out of date; see old 3 , old fashioned . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [an ti duh LOO ve un] very old or antiquated; predating the biblical flood. Few were interested… …   English dictionary for students

• antediluvian — an|te|di|lu|vi|an [ˌæntıdıˈlu:viən] adj formal [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: ante + Latin diluvium flood ] very old fashioned = ↑outdated ▪ antediluvian ideas about women …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• antediluvian — adjective humorous very old fashioned; outdated: antediluvian ideas about women …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• antediluvian — an•te•di•lu•vi•an [[t]ˌæn ti dɪˈlu vi ən[/t]] adj. 1) bib of or belonging to the period before the Flood. Gen. 7, 8 2) out of date; antiquated: antediluvian ideas[/ex] 3) an old fashioned person or thing • Etymology: 1640–50; ante + L dīluvi(um)… …   From formal English to slang

• 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… …  

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

• old — adjective 1) old ladies Syn: elderly, aged, older, senior, advanced in years, up in years; venerable; in one s dotage, long in the tooth, gray haired, grizzled, hoary; past one s prime, not as young as one was, ancient, decrepit …   Thesaurus of popular words

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• old — 1 *aged, elderly, superannuated Analogous words: *weak, feeble, infirm, decrepit Antonyms: young 2 Old, ancient, venerable, antique, antiquated, antediluvian, archaic, obsolete all denote having come into existence or use in the more or less… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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