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antediluvian

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Adjective

so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
- a ramshackle antediluvian tenement
- antediluvian ideas
- archaic laws

of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
- antediluvian man

Noun

a very old person

any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge

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Synonyms:
antiquated archaic antediluvial ancient antediluvian patriarch

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antediluvian antediluvian patriarch
Words contain "antediluvian" in its definition in English - English (Wordnet) dictionary:
antediluvian antiquated archaic antediluvial

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