antediluvial

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antediluvial

(ˌæntɪdɪˈluːvɪəl)
adj
another word for antediluvian
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Adj.1.antediluvial - of or relating to the period before the biblical floodantediluvial - of or relating to the period before the biblical flood; "antediluvian man"
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