Found 2 items, similar to antediluvian.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: antediluvian
antediluvian
adj 1: of or relating to the period before the Biblical flood;
“Antediluvian man” [syn:
antediluvial]
2: so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period;
“a ramshackle antediluvian tenement”;
“antediluvian
ideas”;
“archaic laws” [syn:
antiquated,
archaic]
n 1: any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Deluge
[syn:
antediluvian patriarch]
2: a very old (or old fashioned) person
English → English (gcide)
Definition: antediluvian
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.
[1913 Webster]