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Adjective
/ˌantēdəˈlo͞ovēən/,
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Of or belonging to the time before the biblical Flood,
  1. Of or belonging to the time before the biblical Flood
    • - gigantic bones of antediluvian animals
  2. Ridiculously old-fashioned
    • - they maintain antediluvian sex-role stereotypes
  1. of or relating to the period before the biblical flood; "antediluvian man"
  2. any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
  3. so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws"
  4. ancient: a very old person
  5. The antediluvian (or pre-diluvian) period meaning "before the deluge" is the period referred to in the Bible between the Creation of the Earth and the Deluge (flood). The story takes up chapters 1-6 (excluding the flood narrative) of Genesis. ...
  6. (Antediluvians (World of Darkness)) Antediluvians is a term used by White Wolf Game Studio in their fictional role-playing game, the World of Darkness.
  7. One who lived prior to Noah's Flood; ancient or antiquated; old; prehistoric; Supremely dated; Pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge; Pertaining or belonging to the time prior to Noah's Flood
  8. (Antediluvians) These ancient vampires, if they exist at all, are likely the most powerful creatures in the world. Members of the Third Generation, the Antediluvians are only two steps removed from the first vampire,Caine.
  9. (adj) extremely old-fashioned: Such antediluvian ideas are not welcome in this modern institution!
  10. relating to a time that preceded the flood described in Genesis.
  11. One of the thirteen vampires of the third generation, from whom each individual clan is descended.