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ANTEDILUVIAN
Definition of ANTEDILUVIAN
adjective
Belonging or pertaining to, or existing in, the time prior to the great flood described in Genesis, or to a great or destructive flood or deluge described in other mythologies.
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Where it comes from
From ante- (prefix meaning ‘prior to in time’) + Latin dīluvium (“a flood”) + -an (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives; and forming agent nouns), referring the story of Noah’s Ark, through which God rescues Noah, his family, and examples of all the world’s animals from the great flood, which is related in Genesis 6–9 of the Bible. Dīluvium is derived from dīluō (“to wash away”) (from dis- (prefix meaning ‘apart, asunder, in two’) + lavō (“to wash”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”))) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns). The English word is analyzable as ante- + diluvian. Adjective sense 2 (“long extinct”) is from the fact that such animals and plants were originally believed to have perished in the biblical flood referred to above.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,700)
How it is built
Same root, ANTEDILUVIAN · 1 relative in the game
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ANTEDILUVIAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANTEDILUVIAN starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AADEIILNNTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, N and I appear more than once.
Words that start ANTEDILU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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