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Meanings of antediluvian in English

Portuguese
antediluviano

Of or relating to the period before the biblical flood.

antediluviano
Catalan
antediluvià

Any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge.

antediluvià

So extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period.

Related terms

A very old person.

Usage of antediluvian in English
1
Compared to other countries like the United States or Germany, it's antediluvian.
The Guardian
2
For company he has dusty books, an antediluvian tape recorder and tapes.
The Guardian
3
No one in her family has bothered with polite pleasantries since antediluvian times.
The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl
4
I dare say the place does look antediluvian to young eyes.
The Three Brides
5
What caused the rapid eclipse of faith in the antediluvian world?
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 1: The Middle Ages
6
And I'm sorry if I came across like some antediluvian throwback.
Dying for Dinner (A Cooking Class Mystery)
7
It may have been an antediluvian Coney Island, for all the world knows.
The Idiot
8
Bridges are falling down, electric plants are outdated, railroads are antediluvian.
Reuters
9
One dark night some gypsies stole our antediluvian horse and cow.
The Gentleman from Everywhere
10
There's a touch of the antediluvian about it that I like.
The Swindler and Other Stories
11
These were the keys which unlocked the treasures of the antediluvian world for me.
The Story of My Life / With her letters (1887-1901) and a supple...
12
He must be growing his own antediluvian garden up there.
Angelopolis
13
True, there was Miss Arthur; but Miss Arthur was antediluvian.
On the Firing Line
14
It was more like a model of an antediluvian railway key than anything else.
She
15
Among the antediluvian patriarchs were Adam, Seth, Enoch and Noah.
The Theology of Holiness
16
There was something innocent and antediluvian about that broken crock, which quite pleased me.
Notre-Dame de Paris
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Portuguese
antediluviano
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