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ANTEDILUVIAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does antediluvial mean?
• ANTEDILUVIAL (adjective)
The adjective ANTEDILUVIAL has 1 sense:
1. of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
Familiarity information: ANTEDILUVIAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
antediluvial; antediluvian
Context example:
antediluvian man
Pertainym:
diluvial (of or connected with a deluge)
Derivation:
antediluvian (any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge)
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