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Early 18th c., ante- + diluvial, possibly as alteration of earlier antediluvian.
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antediluvial
Today it means: Of or pertaining to a time before Noah's flood. Full definition →
Today it means: Of or pertaining to a time before Noah's flood. Full definition →
Early 18th c., ante- + diluvial, possibly as alteration of earlier antediluvian.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.