antediluvian

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Pronunciation

/ˌæntɪdɪˈluːviən/(an-tih-dih-LOO-vee-un)

Part of speech

adjectiveformal/humorous

Chinese

极其古老的;过时的

Definition

Of or belonging to the time before the biblical Flood; ridiculously old-fashioned.

Word family

  • (no common derivatives)

Collocations

  • antediluvian attitudes
  • antediluvian technology
  • antediluvian views
  • positively antediluvian

Examples

  1. 1.His antediluvian views on women's roles in society belonged in the 19th century. (hopelessly outdated)
  2. 2.The office still used antediluvian computers that took five minutes to boot up. (ancient, obsolete)

Synonyms

  • archaic/ɑːˈkeɪɪk/very old
  • antiquated/ˈæntɪkweɪtɪd/outdated
  • prehistoric/ˌpriːhɪˈstɒrɪk/extremely old, informal

Etymology

from Latin "ante" (before) + "diluvium" (flood) — before the Great Flood — from the earliest era imaginable