Antediluvian
of or belonging to the period before the Flood. Gen. 7, 8.
very old, old-fashioned, or out of date; antiquated; primitive:
antediluvian ideas.
a person who lived before the Flood.
a very old or old-fashioned person or thing.
Contemporary Examples
Put aside an invincibly ignorant Rick Perry or the antediluvian Ron Paul, who would abolish the Fed altogether.
Can Ben Bernanke, Like John Roberts, Ignore Political Pressure and Do His Job? Robert Shrum July 16, 2012
“Through Cain came all the smart, educated people down to the antediluvian flood—the intellectuals, bible colleges,” Branham wrote.
Inside Sarah’s Church Max Blumenthal September 4, 2009
Historical Examples
Shall we accept the antediluvian, or the diluvian stratification?
Omphalos Philip Henry Gosse
You do not see the antediluvian kingdom, that of Sesostris and that of Semiramis?
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
When the antediluvian rhino lived, the world was peopled with terrible monsters, brutes of great strength and savagery.
Harper’s Round Table, July 23, 1895 Various
The three Miss Murgatroyds—oh, Jane, they are so antediluvian and quaint!
The Mistress of Shenstone Florence L. Barclay
I never thought this fighting an antediluvian monster would be such a complicated job.
The Lair of the White Worm Bram Stoker
I always knew he was extinct, but I had no idea he was antediluvian as well.
Dick, Marjorie and Fidge G. E. Farrow
The antediluvian Miot asked him what were his democratic antecedents.
History of the Commune of 1871 P. Lissagary
It might as well have stood for antediluvian Bottlewashing Company.
Dick, Marjorie and Fidge G. E. Farrow
adjective
belonging to the ages before the biblical Flood (Genesis 7, 8)
old-fashioned or antiquated
noun
an antediluvian person or thing
adj.
“before Noah’s flood,” 1640s, formed from Latin ante- “before” (see ante) + diluvium “a flood” (see deluge (n.)). Coined by English physician Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682). As a noun meaning “person who lived before the Flood,” from 1680s.
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