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ANTEDILUVIAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the period before the biblical flood

Example:

antediluvian man

Synonyms:

antediluvial; antediluvian

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

diluvial (of or connected with a deluge)

Derivation:

antediluvian (any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge)

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