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antediluvian

C2 adj

antediluvian /ˌæn.ti.dəˈlu.vi.ən/ nghĩa là trước trận đại hồng thủy

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  1. trước trận đại hồng thủy

    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.

    The vampire was born in the antediluvian world.

    The vampire was born in the antediluvian period.

  2. đã tuyệt chủng từ lâu, tiền sử

    Of animals and plants: long extinct; prehistoric.

    broadly

  3. rất cổ, cổ xưa

    Of a person or thing: very old; ancient.

    excessive · figuratively · humorous

    On the shore were the remains of an antediluvian forest with ugly black stumps showing, and further up an old stubby deserted lighthouse.

  4. lỗi thời, cổ lỗ sĩ

    Of attitudes, ideas, etc.: extremely old-fashioned, especially to a laughable extent; antiquated.

    excessive · figuratively · humorous

    Those ideas are antediluvian.

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