antediluvian

Adjective
  1. Of or relating to the period before the biblical flood (synset 302857628)
    "antediluvian man"
    same as: antediluvial
  2. So extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period (synset 301643372)
    "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws"
    similar to: old - of long duration; not new
    same as: antiquated, archaic
Noun
  1. Any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge (synset 109815335)
    is a type of: patriarch - any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
    same as: antediluvian patriarch
  2. A very old person (synset 109812689)
    is a type of: golden ager, old person, oldster, senior citizen - an elderly person
    same as: ancient

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