What does prediluvian mean?
Prediluvian means Before the Flood; antediluvian..
Prediluvian
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Meaning
Before the Flood; antediluvian..
Definitions by Sense
- Before the Flood; antediluvian.
- One who lived before the Flood; an antediluvian.
Example Sentences
When Noah in ark, with his ſons did embark, / Prediluvians, uplifted and pompous, / Deem’d his nautical ſcheme a fantaſtical dream, / And pronounc’d the projector non compos.
[…] for the British have in 1,500 years progressed from an initial stage that was probably inferior to that of the prediluvians, and any shipbuilding that they learned from earlier races was a hindrance, not a help.
With only two exceptions the prediluvians lived into their tenth century.
Synonyms for prediluvian
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Word Forms
- prediluvians
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When Noah in ark, with his ſons did embark, / Prediluvians, uplifted and pompous, / Deem’d his nautical ſcheme a fantaſtical dream, / And pronounc’d the projector non compos.
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