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Antediluvian Common

Antediluvian has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge

2

a very old person

3

One who lived prior to Noah's Flood.

Adjective
1

of or relating to the period before the biblical flood

"antediluvian man"

2

so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

"a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"

"antediluvian ideas"

"archaic laws"

3

Ancient or antiquated.

Example Sentences
"antediluvian man" adjective
"a ramshackle antediluvian tenement" adjective
"antediluvian ideas" adjective
"archaic laws" adjective
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
patriarch oldster
Rhyming Words
ian sian jian bian rian dian qian kian vian xian gian lian asian elian brian ilian apian arian avian chian
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