antemundane

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From ante- +‎ mundane.

Adjective[edit]

antemundane (not comparable)

  1. Being or occurring prior to the creation of the world.
    • 1933, Clark Ashton Smith, Ubbo-Sathla:
      Again he became the sorcerer Zon Mezzamalech in Mhu Thulan; again he dreamt to retrieve the wisdom of the antemundane gods []