antediluvian

/an-tee-di-loo-vee-uhn/US // ˌæn ti dɪˈlu vi ən //UK // (ˌæntɪdɪˈluːvɪən, -daɪ-) //

安特卫普,前代的,前代,前代人

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
- : of or belonging to the period before the Flood. Genesis 7, 8.
- : very old, old-fashioned, or out of date; antiquated; primitive: antediluvian ideas.

n.名词 noun

1
- : a person who lived before the Flood.
- : a very old or old-fashioned person or thing.

adj.out-of-date; prehistoric

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In the best of times the permitting process is slightly antediluvian.
Didn't Linehan and Mathews know they were perpetuating antediluvian blah blah blah... You know the drill.
Put aside an invincibly ignorant Rick Perry or the antediluvian Ron Paul, who would abolish the Fed altogether.
“Through Cain came all the smart, educated people down to the antediluvian ﬂood—the intellectuals, bible colleges,” Branham wrote.
But carriages, dog-carts and antediluvian flys began to pour into The Park.
But I also find the petrified vertebra of an antediluvian animal upon which the Trojans have carved a large owls head.
And we may fairly surmise that this Accadian culture (if such it be) is reflected from antediluvian tradition.
Been a long ride for ye, ain't it, ye old antediluvian handful of animated carpet-tacks?
I felt as if we were inside the skeleton of some antediluvian monster whose huge black ribs completely enfolded us.