Compund Words

Sponsored Links

Last Search Words

Search Result:antediluvian

antediluvian   (TTS Sound)

KK Pronunciation

〔 ˏæntIdIˋluvIәn 〕

Pronunciation

〔 ˏæntidiˊluːviәn 〕


Overview of noun antediluvian

The noun antediluvian has 2 senses


  • antediluvian, antediluvian patriarch -- (any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge)

  • ancient, antediluvian -- (a very old person)


Overview of adj antediluvian

The adj antediluvian has 2 senses


  • antediluvian, antediluvial -- (of or relating to the period before the biblical flood; "antediluvian man")

  • antediluvian, antiquated, archaic -- (so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws")