ANTEDILUVIAN

(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

Selected Mnemonic for antediluvian

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

(Tag: ) Antediluvian = Aunty+de+luv..; Usually, Loving and Caring Aunties are OLD... very Old.. and hence the meaning..
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(Tag: ) ANTE== BEFORE DILUVIAN== DILUGE (FLOOD {BIBLICAL})means === extremely old fashioned
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(Tag: ) AUNTY+DIE+LAVIAN(apply)...hair die lagane wali aunty to obviously old hogi....
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(Tag: ) antediluvian=rhymes as: antique+to+everyone
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(Tag: ) concentrate on diluvian.it resembles alluvium,takes years to form alluvium deposits.hence ANCIENT and ANTIQUATED
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(Tag: Pranith) Anti + di(2) + love = old ppl are against 2 loves.
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(Tag: Eng) diluvian sounds like dravidian - ancient
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(Tag: shortkut) ANTE-DIL-UVIAN: ante- against;dil-love;u-you; if ur against love, your propably oldfashioned or antique
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