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Adjektiivi

1. (biblical) 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.
2. (by extension) Of animals and plants: long extinct; prehistoric.
3. Of a person or thing: very old; ancient.
4. Of attitudes, ideas, etc.: extremely old-fashioned, especially to a laughable extent; antiquated.

Substantiivi

1. (biblical) A person who lived in the time prior to the great flood described in Genesis, especially one of the biblical patriarchs.
2. A very old person.
3. A person with extremely old-fashioned attitudes, ideas, etc., especially to a laughable extent; a fogey or old fogey.