of or relating to the period before the biblical flood; antediluvian man
[ Syn: antediluvial ]
antediluvian (adj.)
any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
[ Syn: antediluvian patriarch ]
a very old person
[ Syn: ancient ]
antediluvian (n.)
so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; a ramshackle antediluvian tenement; antediluvian ideas; archaic laws
[ Syn: antiquated , archaic ]