antediluvian

English - Turkish

Definition of antediluvian in English Turkish dictionary: {s} tufandan öncesine ait; eski kafalı kimse; Nuh Tufanı öncesi; {s} çok eski; çok yaşlı adam; Tufandan evvelki devre ait; çok yaşlı kimse; tufandan önceki devre ait; (Din) Tufan öncesi
antediluvian period: (Din) Tufan öncesi dönem

English - English

Definition of antediluvian in English English dictionary: Pertaining or belonging to the time prior to Noah's Flood; Pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge; One who lived prior to Noah's Flood; ancient or antiquated; old; prehistoric; Supremely dated
Those ideas are antediluvian.; of or pertaining to the times, things, events before the great flood in the days of noah; {n} one who existed before the flood; {a} existing or done before the flood; before the Noachic Flood; Antediluvian is derived from the two Latin words ante meaning "before" and diluvium meaning "a flood " The period before the great deluge of Genesis 7 is referred to as the antediluvian world; The word antediluvian comes from two Latin words [ante] which means 'before' and [diluvium] which means 'deluge' or massive influx of water In theological terms, the period before the deluge or flood of Genesis chapter 7 is spoken of as the antediluvian period [back]; Before the Deluge, meaning the Scripture Deluge; a very old (or old fashioned) person; Occurring or belonging to the era before the Flood written about in the Bible (Ecology) Used sometimes today to denote a public growth and water policy based on an area's natural ability to support population growth only through existing, readily available natural resources, i e , water ADVANCE\x 540; so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws"; any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Deluge; The period before Noah's Flood; of or relating to the period before the Biblical flood; "Antediluvian man"; One who lived before the Deluge; Of or relating to the period before the Deluge in Noah's time; hence, antiquated; as, an antediluvian vehicle; of or relating to the period before the Biblical flood; "Antediluvian man; Antediluvian things are old or old-fashioned. antediluvian attitudes to women. very old-fashioned = outdated (ante- + diluvium ); Pertaining or belonging to the time prior to Noahs Flood; {s} before the Flood (Biblical); antiquated, ancient; One who lived prior to Noahs Flood; Extremely ancient or antiquated; old; a very old (or old fashioned) person any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Deluge so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period; "a ramshackle antediluvian tenement"; "antediluvian ideas"; "archaic laws"
antediluvian period: (Din) The antediluvian (or pre-diluvian) period – meaning "before the deluge" – is the period referred to in the Bible between the Creation of the Earth and the Deluge (flood) in the biblical cosmology. The narrative takes up chapters 1-6 (excluding the flood narrative) of Genesis. The term found its way into early geology and lingered in science until late Victorian era. Colloquially, the term is used to refer to any ancient and murky period