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Antonyms for antediluvian

Grammar : Adj
Spell : an-tee-di-loo-vee-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˌæn ti dɪˈlu vi ən

Definition of antediluvian

Origin :
  • "before Noah's flood," 1640s, formed from Latin ante- "before" (see ante) + diluvium "a flood" (see deluge (n.)). Coined by English physician Sir Thomas Browne (1605-1682). As a noun meaning "person who lived before the Flood," from 1680s.
  • adj out-of-date; prehistoric
Example sentences :
  • You do not see the antediluvian kingdom, that of Sesostris and that of Semiramis?
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • The one school is of an Antediluvian, the other of a Christian race.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 360, October 1845 » by Various
  • The three Miss Murgatroyds—oh, Jane, they are so antediluvian and quaint!
  • Extract from : « The Mistress of Shenstone » by Florence L. Barclay
  • These were the keys which unlocked the treasures of the antediluvian world for me.
  • Extract from : « Story of My Life » by Helen Keller
  • Observe the “antediluvian” shape of the bat—no paddings on the legs.
  • Extract from : « Pickwickian Manners and Customs » by Percy Fitzgerald
  • I always knew he was extinct, but I had no idea he was antediluvian as well.
  • Extract from : « Dick, Marjorie and Fidge » by G. E. Farrow
  • It might as well have stood for Antediluvian Bottlewashing Company.
  • Extract from : « Dick, Marjorie and Fidge » by G. E. Farrow
  • It was an old safe of some antediluvian manufacture and the lock was worn.
  • Extract from : « The Sleuth of St. James's Square » by Melville Davisson Post
  • The bones and teeth of wolves are often discovered, as I have already said, amongst the débris of the antediluvian world.
  • Extract from : « Le Morvan, [A District of France,] Its Wild Sports, Vineyards and Forests; with Legends, Antiquities, Rural and Local Sketches » by Henri de Crignelle
  • The next one to him—the white legged brown,—is of the antediluvian order too.
  • Extract from : « Ask Momma » by R. S. Surtees

Synonyms for antediluvian

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