antediluvian
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ante- (“before”) + Latin dīluvium (“flood”) + -an; in reference to the story of Noah’s Ark (Genesis 6–9), an early episode in the Bible. By surface analysis, ante- + diluvian.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌan.tɪ.dɪˈluː.vɪən/
Audio (RP) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌan.tə.dɪˈluː.vɪ.ən/, /ˌan.tə.dɪˈluː.vɪ.jɪn/
Adjective[edit]
antediluvian (comparative more antediluvian, superlative most antediluvian)
- Ancient or antiquated.
- Synonyms: antediluvial, old, prehistoric; see also Thesaurus:old
- Extremely dated.
- Synonyms: dated, old-fashioned; see also Thesaurus:obsolete
- Those ideas are antediluvian.
- 2021 December 3, “LGBTQ couples, families and marriage are ‘against the natural order,’ Thai Constitutional Court rules”, in Coconuts Bangkok[1], Bangkok: Coconuts Media Limited, retrieved 2021-12-03:
- Portions of the ruling reflected the court’s culturally conservative roots, stating that because marriage is only for reproduction, LGBTQ relationships are unnatural because they cannot produce children. […] The ruling continued in its surprisingly antediluvian rationale, invalidating untold numbers of nontraditional families.
- 2010, Sam Chaltain, American Schools: The Art of Creating a Democratic Learning Community, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Education, →ISBN, page 41:
- If we agree with Blinder's assessment, we must acknowledge the pressing need to inject new ideas into an old system – a system so antediluvian that it is, remarkably, still based on the agrarian calendar.
- Pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge.
- Synonym: preflood
- (biblical) Pertaining or belonging to the time prior to Noah's Flood.
- Synonyms: antediluvial, prediluvian
- Coordinate term: prelapsarian
Translations[edit]
extremely ancient or antiquated; old; prehistoric
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extremely dated
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pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge
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biblical
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Noun[edit]
antediluvian (plural antediluvians)
- One who lived prior to Noah's Flood.
- Synonym: prediluvian
- 1828, James Hogg, The Brownie of the Black Haggs:
- He was a boy in form, and an antediluvian in feature.
Related terms[edit]
pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge
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Further reading[edit]
antediluvian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “antediluvian”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French antédiluvien.
Noun[edit]
antediluvian n (plural antediluvieni)
Declension[edit]
Declension of antediluvian
| singular | plural | |||
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| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) antediluvian | antediluvianul | (niște) antediluvieni | antediluvienile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) antediluvian | antediluvianului | (unor) antediluvieni | antediluvienilor |
| vocative | antediluvianule | antediluvienilor | ||
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