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Antediluvian
01
(in biblical context) one of the patriarchs said to have lived before the flood of Noah
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
animate
Plural form
antediluvians
Examples
Methuselah is perhaps the most famous antediluvian.
1.1
a person who is extremely old or considered old-fashioned
Examples
The town 's oldest resident was affectionately called the antediluvian.
antediluvian
01
connected to the time before the biblical flood described in the story of Noah
Grammatical Information
Composition
Complex
relational
ungradable
Examples
The fossils were thought to be from an antediluvian era.
02
extremely old, primitive, or outdated
Informal
Examples
His antediluvian beliefs about gender roles seemed completely out of place in today's world.
