Definitions for antediluvian
ˌæn ti dɪˈlu vi ənan·te·dilu·vian

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. antediluvian, antediluvian patriarchnoun

   any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge

2. ancient, antediluvianadjective

   a very old person

3. antediluvian, antediluvialadjective

   of or relating to the period before the biblical flood

   "antediluvian man"

4. antediluvian, antiquated, archaicadjective

   so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

   "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. antediluviannoun

   One who lived prior to Noah's Flood.

2. antediluvianadjective

   ancient or antiquated; old; prehistoric.

3. antediluvianadjective

   Supremely dated.

   Those ideas are antediluvian.

4. antediluvianadjective

   Pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge

5. antediluvianadjective

   Pertaining or belonging to the time prior to Noah's Flood.

6. Etymology: From diluvium, in reference to the story of Noah’s Ark (Genesis 6–9), an early episode in the Bible.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Antediluvianadjective

   Etymology: from ante before, and diluvium a deluge.

   1. Existing before the deluge.

   During the time of the deluge, all the stone and marble of the antediluvian earth were totally dissolved. John Woodward, Nat. History.

   2. Relating to things existing before the deluge.

   The text intends only the line of Seth, conduceable unto the genealogy of our Saviour, and the antediluvian chronology. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. vii. c. 4.

2. Antediluviannoun

   One that lived before the flood.

   We are so far from repining at God, that he hath not extended the period of our lives to the longevity of the antediluvians, that we give him thanks for contracting the days of our trial. Richard Bentley, Sermons.

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1. antediluvian

   Antediluvian is an adjective referring to the period before the Great Flood described in the biblical story of Noah and his ark. It often used metaphorically to mean extremely old, old-fashioned, or out of date.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Antediluvianadjective

   of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's time; hence, antiquated; as, an antediluvian vehicle

2. Antediluviannoun

   one who lived before the Deluge

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Antediluvian

   The antediluvian period – meaning "before the deluge" – is the period referred to in the Bible between the Creation of the Earth and the Deluge in the biblical cosmology. The narrative takes up chapters 1-6 of Genesis. The term found its way into early geology and lingered in science until late Victorian era. Colloquially, the term is used to refer to any ancient and murky period.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Antediluvian

   -al, an-te-di-lū′vi-an, -al, adj. existing or happening before the Deluge or Flood: resembling the state of things before the Flood: very old-fashioned, primitive.—adv. Antedilū′vially.—n. Antedilū′vian, one who lived before the Flood: one who lives to be very old. [See Deluge.]

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1. antediluvian

   the period prior to the flood story, as told in the pre-Biblical accounts of Upnapishtim (Vedic), Noah (Sumarian) and Nanabozho (Aneshnabek).

   The antediluvian tale of the flood story shows up first in the Vedas with Upnapishtim, then in the Torah or Old Testament with Noah, and third in the Aneshnabek oral histories, with Waynabozho, though Upnapishtim's story is considered the oldest by modern archeological findings.

   
   

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of antediluvian in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of antediluvian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=antediluvian
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Antediluvian
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=antediluvian
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/antediluvian
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=antediluvian
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=antediluvian