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antediluvial

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Antediluvial (adj) means of or pertaining to a time before Noah's flood.

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Of or pertaining to a time before Noah's flood.
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Etymology

Early 18th c., ante- + diluvial, possibly as alteration of earlier antediluvian.

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"antediluvial" (adj) means of or pertaining to a time before Noah's flood.
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