antediluvial

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ANTEDILU'VIAL, ANTEDILU'VIAN, adjective [Latin ante and diluvium, a flood. See Lave.] Before the flood, or deluge, in Noah's time; existing, happening, or relating to what happened before the deluge. ANTEDILU'VIAN, noun One who live before the deluge.
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