Weird Words: Antediluvian

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Antediluvian

Adjective

1. ancient or antiquated; old;prehistoric.
2. Supremely dated.
3. Pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge
4. (biblical) Pertaining or belonging to the time prior to Noah’s Flood.

Used in a sentence:

• The car was so antediluvian that he was sure it ran on fossil fuels and probably couldn’t even break the sound barrier.

Source: Wiktionary

Commentary:

I know the word antediluvian primarily from the Vampire roleplaying game produced by White Wolf publishing. Antediluvians were really old vampires. It doesn’t surprise me that the name was taken from the Christian bible.

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