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   antediluvian

   /ˌantɪdɪˈluːvɪən/

   adjective

   • 1. of or belonging to the time before the biblical Flood: "gigantic bones of antediluvian animals" Similar before the floodprehistoricprimevalprimordialprimalearliestancientearlyrare:primigenial
   • ▪ ridiculously old-fashioned: "they maintain antediluvian sex-role stereotypes" Similar out of dateoutdatedoutmodedold-fashionedancientantiquatedarchaicantiquesuperannuatedanachronisticoutwornbehind the timesprimitivemedievalquaintold-fangledobsolescentobsoleteprehistoricpasséinformal:out of the arkfossilizedas old as the hillsold hatcreakymouldyclunkypast its/one's sell-by dateantwackyhorse and buggymossyOpposite modernup to date

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from ante- + Latin diluvium ‘deluge’ + -an.

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