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antediluvian
(encz) | antediluvian,předpotopní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
antediluvian
(gcide) | antediluvian \an`te*di*lu"vi*an\
([a^]n`t[-e]*d[i^]*l[=u]"v[i^]*an), a.
Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's
time; hence, antiquated; as, an antediluvian vehicle. -- n.
One who lived before the Deluge.
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antediluvian
(wn) | antediluvian
adj 1: of or relating to the period before the biblical flood;
"antediluvian man" [syn: antediluvian, antediluvial]
2: so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period;
"a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas";
"archaic laws" [syn: antediluvian, antiquated, archaic]
n 1: any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian
deluge [syn: antediluvian, antediluvian patriarch]
2: a very old person [syn: ancient, antediluvian] |
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