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antediluvian meaning in Tamil

ஆதி காலத்திய

/ˌæn.tɪ.dɪˈluː.vɪ.ən/US/ˌæn.ti.dəˈlu.vi.ən/

antediluvian in Tamil: ஆதி காலத்திய, தற்காலத்துக்கு ஒவ்வாத. In English, antediluvian means belonging or pertaining to, or existing in, the time prior to the great flood described in Genesis, or (by extension) to a great or destructive flood or deluge described in other mythologies.

Tamil words for antediluvian

ஆதி காலத்திய, தற்காலத்துக்கு ஒவ்வாத

English meaning of antediluvian

  1. adjective Belonging or pertaining to, or existing in, the time prior to the great flood described in Genesis, or (by extension) to a great or destructive flood or deluge described in other mythologies.
  2. adjective Of animals and plants: long extinct; prehistoric.
  3. adjective Of a person or thing: very old; ancient.
  4. adjective Of attitudes, ideas, etc.: extremely old-fashioned, especially to a laughable extent; antiquated.

Full definition of antediluvian

antediluvian in a sentence

  • Those ideas are antediluvian.

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Questions about antediluvian in Tamil

What is the meaning of antediluvian in Tamil?
Antediluvian in Tamil is ஆதி காலத்திய, தற்காலத்துக்கு ஒவ்வாத.
antediluvian என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Antediluvian: ஆதி காலத்திய, தற்காலத்துக்கு ஒவ்வாத.
What does antediluvian mean in English?
Antediluvian means belonging or pertaining to, or existing in, the time prior to the great flood described in Genesis, or (by extension) to a great or destructive flood or deluge described in other mythologies.

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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: antediluvian (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: antediluvian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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