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      antediluvian
      noun
      a very old person
      any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
      adjective
      so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
      of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
      Roots
      anteante- · Latin · beforediluvium-diluv · Latin · flood
      Synonyms for antediluvian
      ancientadjantiquatedadjarchaicadjsuperannuatedadjprehistoricadjoldadjmethuselahnantiqueadjprelapsarianadjhoaryadj
      Words related to antediluvian
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