antediluvian

English

Wikipedia

Illustration of the deluge, from the nineteenth-century illustrated Bible of Gustave Doré.

Etymology

From Latin ante- (“before”) +‎ diluvium (“flood”), in reference to the story of Noah’s Ark (Genesis 6–9), an early episode in the Bible.

Adjective

antediluvian

1. ancient or antiquated; old; prehistoric.
2. Supremely dated.

   Those ideas are antediluvian.

3. Pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge
4. (biblical) Pertaining or belonging to the time prior to Noah's Flood.

Quotations

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Synonyms

• antediluvial

Coordinate terms

• prelapsarian

Translations

Extremely ancient or antiquated; old; prehistoric

• Catalan: antediluvià (ca)
• Dutch: antiek (nl), pré-historisch (nl)
• German: vorsintflutlich (de)

• Russian: доисторический (ru) (doistoričestkij)
• Spanish: antediluviano (es) m

Supremely dated

• Catalan: antediluvià (ca)
• Dutch: zeer ouderwets (nl)

• German: vorsintflutlich (de)
• Russian: допотопный (ru) (dopotópnyj)

Pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge

• Catalan: antediluvià (ca)
• Dutch: antediluviaal (nl), behorend tot de tijd voor de zondvloed (nl)

• Russian: допотопный (ru) (dopotópnyj)

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Translations to be checked

• Bulgarian: допотопен (bg) (dopotopen)

• French: antédiluvien (fr)
• Italian: antidiluviano (it), antediluviano (it)

Noun

antediluvian (plural antediluvians)

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

Related terms

• deluge
• diluvial