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ANTEDILUVIAL
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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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