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antediluvial

an·te·di·luvial

UK/ˌantɪdɪˈluːvɪəl/ uncommon rare

adjective

1.

of or relating to the period before the Biblical flood

  • “Antediluvian man”
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Origin

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

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