Word of the Day: Antediluvian
antediluvian |ˌantēdəˈloōvēən|
adjective [ attrib. ]of or belonging to the time before the biblical Flood :gigantic bones of antediluvian animals.
• chiefly humorous ridiculously old-fashioned : they maintain antediluvian sex-role stereotypes.
See note at old .
ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from ante- + Latin diluvium‘deluge’ + -an .