Dictionary entry

ANTEDILUVIAL

Webster's Dictionary 1828

ANTEDILU'VIAL,

ANTEDILU'VIAN, adjective [Latin ante and diluvium, a flood. See Lave.]

Before the flood, or deluge, in Noah's time; existing, happening, or relating to what happened before the deluge.

ANTEDILU'VIAN, noun One who live before the deluge.