antediluvian UK /ˌæn.tɪ.dɪˈluː.vɪ.ən/US /ˌæn.ti.dəˈlu.vi.ən/adjective 4noun 3forms 3 adjective4 •Belonging or pertaining to, or existing in, the time prior to the great flood described in Genesis, or (by extension) to a great or destructive flood or deluge described in other mythologies.[P]erhaps some persons might outlive Methuselah; the Text intending onely the masculine line of Seth, conduceable unto the Genealogy of our Saviour, and the antediluvian Chronology. — 1646 •(humorous, figurative) Of attitudes, ideas, etc.: extremely old-fashioned, especially to a laughable extent; antiquated.Those ideas are antediluvian. •(humorous, figurative) Of a person or thing: very old; ancient.On the shore were the remains of an antediluvian forest with ugly black stumps showing, and further up an old stubby deserted lighthouse. — 1947 •Of animals and plants: long extinct; prehistoric. noun3 •A person who lived in the time prior to the great flood described in Genesis, especially one of the biblical patriarchs. •(humorous, figurative) A person with extremely old-fashioned attitudes, ideas, etc., especially to a laughable extent; a fogey or old fogey. •(humorous, figurative) A very old person.From what cursed old antediluvian, who lived before the invention of the spinning-jennies, she learned this craft, Heaven only knows; […] — 1823 formsantediluvians · more antediluvian · most antediluvian