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单词 antediluvian
释义 antediluvian
 /an'tee di looh"vee euhn/,  adj.  
  1. of or belonging to the period before the Flood. Gen. 7, 8.
  2. very old, old-fashioned, or out of date; antiquated; primitive: antediluvian ideas.
  n.  
  3. a person who lived before the Flood.
  4. a very old or old-fashioned person or thing.
 [1640-50; ANTE- + L diluvi(um) a flood, DELUGE + -AN]
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