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antediluvian
existing or occurring before the Great Flood
Cane and Abel are antediluvian biblical figures.
Related English word: postdiluvian (existing or occurring after the Great Flood)
Latin root words: ante, adv. and prep. with acc. - before (of time or place); diluvium, diluvi, n. - flood, deluge
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