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Meanings of antediluvian in inglés

portugués
antediluviano

Of or relating to the period before the biblical flood.

antediluviano
catalán
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.

Sinónimos
Examples for "archaic"
Examples for "archaic"
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Victims groups have slammed the move, saying name suppression laws are archaic.
Radio NZ
2
I examined him carefully; the archaic medical treatment had been surprisingly effective.
Outlander
3
Strangely enough, having magically learned archaic Portuguese last summer was really helping.
Monster Hunter Vendetta
4
Do you not see your children suffering under our archaic education policies?
Ebony
5
But I'm getting my message to you by a rather archaic method.
Nova
1
Le Cinq, Paris: restaurant review Read more The response was bizarrely antiquated.
The Guardian
2
Perhaps the truly antiquated piece of this situation is the brick-and-mortar retailer.
Wired
3
It has become in part archaic, but it does not become antiquated.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
4
At the Mount, the eleventh-century work was antiquated before it was finished.
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
5
This antiquated fussiness of the dilettante little nobleman was sickening to her.
Vittoria — Volume 2
Usage of antediluvian in inglés
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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Bridges are falling down, electric plants are outdated, railroads are antediluvian.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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Translations for antediluvian
portugués
antediluviano
catalán
antediluvià
Antediluvian through the time
Antediluvian across language varieties
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