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antediluvian - Dictionary definition and meaning for antediluvian

ANTEDILUVIAN

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  • (noun) a very old person

    synonyms : ancient

    A lot of people gathered to pay their last respects to the antediluvian. -added by naila_inlas

  • (noun) any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge

    synonyms : antediluvian patriarch

    Cain and Abel were antediluvians. -added by naila_inlas

  • (adj.) of or relating to the period before the biblical flood

    "antediluvian man"

    synonyms : antediluvial

    In the Bible, the antediluvian period is the period between the Creation and the great Flood. -added by naila_inlas

  • (adj.) so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

    "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement", "antediluvian ideas", "archaic laws"

    synonyms : antiquated , archaic

    The manuscript was in an archaic tongue which none of them could comprehend. -added by naila_inlas

    The antiquated house didn’t appeal to the young couple. -added by naila_inlas

    The bulldozers were called in to raze the ramshackle antediluvian tenement. -added by naila_inlas

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Selected Mnemonic for antediluvian

  • (Tag: Global) antediluvian ~ anti (against) + luv (love); If you are against love, you are probably a person with antediluvian thoughts.

    added by gatz_funky

Mnemonics for antediluvian

  • (Tag: ) ANTE== BEFORE DILUVIAN== DILUGE (FLOOD {BIBLICAL})means === extremely old fashioned

    added by paradisial_sk    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) Antediluvian = Aunty+de+luv..; Usually, Loving and Caring Aunties are OLD... very Old.. and hence the meaning..

    added by aka.bhagvanji    editEdit Mnemonic

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  • (Tag: ) antediluvian=rhymes as: antique+to+everyone

    added by pallavi_limat    editEdit Mnemonic

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