āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
antediluvian
/ËÃĻntiËdÉĒlËuËviâÉn/
Antediluvian
01
āĻ¨ā§āĻšā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ, āĻ¨ā§āĻšā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇ
(in biblical context) one of the patriarchs said to have lived before the flood of Noah
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The genealogies list several antediluvians with remarkably long lifespans.
āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦ-āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻˇ āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻā§ āĻ
āĻ¸āĻžāĻ§āĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¸āĻš āĻ¤āĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
1.1
āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āĻ§, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻļā§āĻŽ
a person who is extremely old or considered old-fashioned
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He joked that his phone was so outdated it belonged to an antediluvian.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻŽāĻāĻž āĻāĻ°ā§ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĢā§āĻ¨āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
antediluvian
01
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ˛āĻ¯āĻŧāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦ, āĻ¨ā§āĻšā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻ°
connected to the time before the biblical flood described in the story of Noah
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Legends speak of antediluvian civilizations wiped out by the flood.
āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŦāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻāĻ¸ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦ-āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¸āĻā§āĻ¯āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¨, āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¤
extremely old, primitive, or outdated
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The antediluvian computer system at the office was painfully slow and unreliable.
āĻ
āĻĢāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ§ā§āĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ
āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
