antediluviaani — meaning in English
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English meaning
- antediluvian adj Belonging to the time before the great flood in the Bible, or, more broadly, before a similarly huge flood in another story.
Senses
antediluviaani is used for these senses in English:
- antediluvian (biblical) Belonging or pertaining to, or existing in, the time prior to the great flood described in Genesis, or (by extension) to a great or destructive flood or deluge described in other mythologies.
- antediluvian (biblical) A person who lived in the time prior to the great flood described in Genesis, especially one of the biblical patriarchs.
antediluvian — full definition
- adj Belonging to the time before the great flood in the Bible, or, more broadly, before a similarly huge flood in another story.
- adj Describing plants or animals that died out long ago; prehistoric.
- adj Extremely old; ancient.
- adj So out of date that it seems almost laughably old-fashioned.
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