Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
antediluvian \an`te*di*lu"vi*an\
([a^]n`t[-e]*d[i^]*l[=u]"v[i^]*an), a.
Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's
time; hence, antiquated; as, an antediluvian vehicle. -- n.
One who lived before the Deluge.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
antediluvian
adj 1: of or relating to the period before the biblical flood;
"antediluvian man" [syn: {antediluvian}, {antediluvial}]
2: so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period;
"a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas";
"archaic laws" [syn: {antediluvian}, {antiquated}, {archaic}]
n 1: any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian
deluge [syn: {antediluvian}, {antediluvian patriarch}]
2: a very old person [syn: {ancient}, {antediluvian}]
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