antemundane
antemundane adjective: being or occurring prior to the creation of the world.
Adjective
antemundane (not comparable)
- Being or occurring prior to the creation of the world.
- The night in all its fulness met her flatly on the threshold, like the very brink of an absolute void, or the ante-mundane Ginnung-Gap believed in by her Teuton forefathers.1887, Thomas Hardy, chapter 3, in The Woodlanders, volume I, page 31
- Again he became the sorcerer Zon Mezzamalech in Mhu Thulan; again he dreamt to retrieve the wisdom of the antemundane gods […]1933, Clark Ashton Smith, Ubbo-Sathla
- Synonyms:
- premundane
antemundane meaning in Tamil and Kannada
antemundane in Tamil
- உலகத்தோற்றத்துக்கு முற்பட்ட, உலகப்படைப்புக்கு முன் நிகழ்ந்த
antemundane in Kannada
- ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಪೂರ್ವದ
Synonyms of antemundane
Forms of antemundane
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Origin of antemundane
From ante- + mundane.
Questions about antemundane
- What does antemundane mean?
- Antemundane means being or occurring prior to the creation of the world.
- What is antemundane in Tamil?
- Antemundane in Tamil is உலகத்தோற்றத்துக்கு முற்பட்ட, உலகப்படைப்புக்கு முன் நிகழ்ந்த. See Antemundane meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is antemundane?
- Antemundane is an adjective.
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