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antediluvian adjective [ ˌantɪdɪˈluːvɪən ]

• of or belonging to the time before the biblical Flood.
• "gigantic bones of antediluvian animals"
Similar: before the flood, prehistoric, primeval, primordial, primal, earliest, ancient, early, primigenial,
Origin: mid 17th century: from ante- + Latin diluvium ‘deluge’ + -an.

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