† ante-Noahiten. [ < ante-prefix + Noah (see Noah's Arkn.) + -itesuffix1] Obsolete a person from before the time of Noah.Apparently an isolated use.N.E.D. (1885), following an earlier edition of Lamb's letters, gave the word as Anti-Noahite, which was consequently entered under Anti-.
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1810 C. LambLet. 13 Nov. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1978) III. 62 Damn Temperance & them that first invented it, some Ante-Noahite.