antediluvian
- n any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
- n a very old person
- a of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
antediluvian man - s so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period
a ramshackle antediluvian tenement
antediluvian ideas
- Only those antediluvian behemoths can create the signature sculptured, three-dimensional letterpress look of deep impressions made in paper.
- Its streetcars, owned by four different companies (all bankrupt) and operated by a fifth, are mostly high-riding "antediluvian arks.
- It is no secret that children may be embarrassed by their parents' gray hair, their outmoded clothes and opinions that may seem as antediluvian as dinosaurs.