antediluvian

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I am already an antediluvian, and instead of a stag bounding by that wood I witness the moving mass of a mammoth.

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  1. adjective Extremely old and antiquated. See Synonyms at old.
  2. adjective Bible Occurring or belonging to the era before the Flood.

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  • Sally Keeble, MP for Northampton North, thought the ban epitomised  'the complete nonsense of an institution that won't move on', and Barbara Follett, MP for Stevenage, talked of 'antediluvian' attitudes The row seeped into the wider controversy over the need for more 'family-friendly' working hours.
  • Eager to update its image without changing its antediluvian (or antebellum) substance, the party is trying to lock down its white country-club blowhards. —  DailyHowler.com
  • That way, they would have found out what kind of antediluvian throwback they hve admitted to the EU. —  timesofmalta.com
  • I also would condemn our nations electrical grid as absolutely antediluvian, outdated, derated, and in need of complete replacement. —  Latest Articles
  • The video's now antediluvian-looking images have a Proustian quality for me: —  Scott Rosenberg's Wordyard
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  1. From ante- + Latin dīluvium, flood; see diluvial.

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  1. from Latin ante, before, + diluvium, deluge: see diluvium and deluge.
 

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/æntədɪˈljuviən/
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