Antediluvian
01
大洪水以前の人, 大洪水以前の族長
(in biblical context) one of the patriarchs said to have lived before the flood of Noah
例
Methuselah is perhaps the most famous antediluvian.
メトシェラはおそらく最も有名な大洪水以前の人物です。
1.1
老人, 化石
a person who is extremely old or considered old-fashioned
例
The historian interviewed an antediluvian who had witnessed the early industrial era.
歴史家は初期産業時代を目撃した太古の人にインタビューした。
antediluvian
01
大洪水前の, ノアの洪水以前の
connected to the time before the biblical flood described in the story of Noah
例
The fossils were thought to be from an antediluvian era.
その化石は大洪水以前の時代のものと考えられていた。
Informal例
His antediluvian beliefs about gender roles seemed completely out of place in today's world.
性別役割に関する彼の太古の信念は、今日の世界では完全に場違いに思えた。
