Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Lexicon augmentation - antediluvian

an·te·di·lu·vi·an [an-tee-di-loo-vee-uhn]
–adjective
1.of or belonging to the period before the Flood. Gen. 7, 8.
2.very old, old-fashioned, or out of date; antiquated; primitive: antediluvian ideas.
–noun
3.a person who lived before the Flood.
4.a very old or old-fashioned person or thing.

[Origin: 1640–50; ante- + L dīluvi(um) a flood, deluge + -an]