Prediluvian

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who lived before the Flood; an antediluvian.

    "When Noah in ark, with his ſons did embark, / Prediluvians, uplifted and pompous, / Deem’d his nautical ſcheme a fantaſtical dream, / And pronounc’d the projector non compos."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Before the Flood; antediluvian. not-comparable

Synonyms

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antediluvialantediluvianantediluvian

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"When Noah in ark, with his ſons did embark, / Prediluvians, uplifted and pompous, / Deem’d his nautical ſcheme a fantaſtical dream, / And pronounc’d the projector non compos."

Etymology

From pre- + diluvian.

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