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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is antedelluvian

OpenStudy (nincompoop):

it refers to pre-great flood in the Bible. So anything before Noah's Ark.

OpenStudy (nincompoop):

it could also mean super old-fashioned. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from ante- + Latin diluvium ‘deluge’ + -an. reference: OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Coloquially, it may mean extremely old or antiquated; literally, it means "before the Deluge" which also means "before the flood" - that is, the Flood described in the Bible.

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