antediluvian
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adjective- 1.
(biblical) Belonging or pertaining to, or existing in, the time prior to the great flood described in Genesis, or (by extension) to a great or destructive flood or deluge described in other mythologies.
Đồng nghĩa: antediluvial, prediluvian, preflood
- 2.
(broadly)(by extension) Of animals and plants: long extinct; prehistoric.
- 3.
(excessive, figuratively, humorous)Of a person or thing: very old; ancient.
Đồng nghĩa: prehistoric, ancient, aged, age-old, antediluvian, auld, cobwebbed, cobwebby, decrepit, eld, eldern, gamol, gray, hoary, moss-grown, old, old as the hills, old as the Pyramids, olden, older than dirt, older than the hills, older than the Pyramids, venerable, wintry
- 4.
(excessive, figuratively, humorous)Of attitudes, ideas, etc.: extremely old-fashioned, especially to a laughable extent; antiquated.
Those ideas are antediluvian.
Đồng nghĩa: antediluvial, out of the ark, anachronistic, antediluvial, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, backward, backwards, behind the times, cobwebbed, cobwebby, dated, defunct, desuete, discontinued, disused, dootsie, elderly, extinct, expired, fossilized, Havishamesque, hoary, idle, Miss Havishamesque, mouldy, obsolete, old, oldfangled, old-fashioned, old school, outdated, outmoded, out of date, out of fashion, outworn, parachronistic, passé, primitive, superannuated, superseded, unemployed, unoccupied, venerable, workless
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(biblical) A person who lived in the time prior to the great flood described in Genesis, especially one of the biblical patriarchs.
Đồng nghĩa: prediluvian
- 2.
(excessive, figuratively, humorous)A very old person.
Đồng nghĩa: ager, antique, badge-cove, cheeser, coffin dodger, crinkly, eld, elder, elderly, geriatric, genarian, geezer, grayhead, greyhead, hoarhead, mzee, old, no spring chicken, old timer, old-timer, oldtimer, older adult, oldie, oldster, senior, senior citizen, silver top, twirly, weazen, wrinkly
- 3.
(excessive, figuratively, humorous)A person with extremely old-fashioned attitudes, ideas, etc., especially to a laughable extent; a fogey or old fogey.
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dwísine-pro thumb|An illustration by Gustave Doré of the w:Genesis flood narrative|great flood from his 19th-century [[Bible. Something is said to be “antediluvian” (biblical) if it pertains to or exists in the time prior to this flood.]]