Antediluvian (Lat. ante, 'before,' diluvium, 'the deluge') is the word used of anything that existed before the flood, in the patriarchal ages between Adam and Noah. The word is often employed in modern usage for anything antiquated or primitive, in a somewhat disparaging sense.
Antediluvian
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 306
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