antediluvian

1. 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.

   vorsintflutlich

   допото́пныйdopotópnyj, допото́пныйdopotópnyj

   допото́пнийdopotópnyj, допото́пнийdopotópnyj

2. (broadly)Of animals and plants: long extinct; prehistoric.

   vorsintflutlich

   доистори́ческийdoistoríčeskij, допото́пныйdopotópnyj

   допото́пнийdopotópnyj

3. (excessive, figuratively, humorous)Of a person or thing: very old; ancient.

4. (excessive, figuratively, humorous)Of attitudes, ideas, etc.: extremely old-fashioned, especially to a laughable extent; antiquated.

   Those ideas are antediluvian.

   altfränkisch, vorsintflutlich

   допото́пныйdopotópnyj

   допото́пнийdopotópnyj

   so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period

1. The vampire was born in the antediluvian world.

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2. The vampire was born in the antediluvian period.

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