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of or belonging to the period before the Flood. Gen. 7, 8. |
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very old, old-fashioned, or out of date; antiquated; primitive: antediluvian ideas. |
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a person who lived before the Flood. |
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a very old or old-fashioned person or thing. |
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continued from, resembling, or adhering to the past; old-fashioned: antiquated attitudes. |
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no longer used; obsolete or obsolescent: The spinning wheel is an antiquated machine. |
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marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion. |
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(of a linguistic form) commonly used in an earlier time but rare in present-day usage except to suggest the older time, as in religious rituals or historical novels. Examples: thou; wast; methinks; forsooth. |
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forming the earliest stage; prior to full development: the archaic period of psychoanalytic research. |
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(often initial capital letter[image]) pertaining to or designating the style of the fine arts, esp. painting and sculpture, developed in Greece from the middle 7th to the early 5th century b.c., chiefly characterized by an increased emphasis on the human figure in action, naturalistic proportions and anatomical structure, simplicity of volumes, forms, or design, and the evolution of a definitive style for the narrative treatment of subject matter. Compare classical (def. 6), Hellenistic (def. 5). |
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primitive; ancient; old: an archaic form of animal life. |
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immature or inexperienced: a callow youth. |
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(of a young bird) featherless; unfledged. |
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a recently hatched worker ant. |
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–adjective, hoar⋅i⋅er, hoar⋅i⋅est.
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gray or white with age: an old dog with a hoary muzzle. |
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ancient or venerable: hoary myths. |
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tedious from familiarity; stale: Please don't tell that hoary joke at dinner again tonight. |
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not mature, ripe, developed, perfected, etc. |
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emotionally undeveloped; juvenile; childish. |
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Physical Geography. youthful (def. 5). |
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without interest or significance; dull; insipid: a jejune novel. |
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juvenile; immature; childish: jejune behavior. |
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lacking knowledge or experience; uninformed: jejune attempts to design a house. |
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deficient or lacking in nutritive value: a jejune diet. |
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being or becoming youthful; young. |
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having the power to make young or youthful: a juvenescent elixir. |
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a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess. |
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Roman Catholic Church. a novice. |
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a person newly converted to a belief, as a heathen, heretic, or nonbeliever; proselyte. |
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Primitive Church. a person newly baptized. |
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of a new kind or fashion: newfangled ideas. |
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fond of or given to novelty. |
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a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he or she is placed; beginner; tyro: a novice in politics. |
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a person who has been received into a religious order or congregation for a period of probation before taking vows. |
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a person newly become a church member. |
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a recent convert to Christianity. |
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–adjective
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unusually advanced or mature in development, esp. mental development: a precocious child. |
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prematurely developed, as the mind, faculties, etc. |
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of or pertaining to premature development. |
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Botany.
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flowering, fruiting, or ripening early, as plants or fruit. |
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bearing blossoms before leaves, as plants. |
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appearing before leaves, as flowers. |
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of or pertaining to a child or to childhood. |
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childishly foolish; immature or trivial: a puerile piece of writing. |
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showing a decline or deterioration of physical strength or mental functioning, esp. short-term memory and alertness, as a result of old age or disease. |
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of or belonging to old age or aged persons; gerontological; geriatric. |
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Physical Geography. (of topographical features) having been reduced by erosion to a featureless plain that stands everywhere at base level. Compare peneplain. |
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retired because of age or infirmity. |
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too old for use, work, service, or a position. |
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antiquated or obsolete: superannuated ideas. |
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–noun, plural -ros.
| a beginner in learning anything; novice. |
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commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity; worthy of veneration or reverence, as because of high office or noble character: a venerable member of Congress. |
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a title for someone proclaimed by the Roman Catholic Church to have attained the first degree of sanctity or of an Anglican archdeacon. |
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(of places, buildings, etc.) hallowed by religious, historic, or other lofty associations: the venerable halls of the abbey. |
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impressive or interesting because of age, antique appearance, etc.: a venerable oak tree. |
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extremely old or obsolete; ancient: a venerable automobile. |
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a person who has had long service or experience in an occupation, office, or the like: a veteran of the police force; a veteran of many sports competitions. |
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a person who has served in a military force, esp. one who has fought in a war: a Vietnam veteran. |
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(of soldiers) having had service or experience in warfare: veteran troops. |
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experienced through long service or practice; having served for a long period: a veteran member of Congress. |
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of, pertaining to, or characteristic of veterans. |
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the part of an artless, innocent, unworldly girl or young woman, esp. as represented on the stage. |
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an actress who plays such a part or specializes in playing such parts. |
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