ANTEDILUVIAN


Meaning of ANTEDILUVIAN in English

/an'tee di looh"vee euhn/ , adj.

1. of or belonging to the period before the Flood. Gen. 7, 8.

2. very old, old-fashioned, or out of date; antiquated; primitive: antediluvian ideas.

n.

3. a person who lived before the Flood.

4. a very old or old-fashioned person or thing.

[ 1640-50; ANTE- + L diluvi ( um ) a flood, DELUGE + -AN ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .