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Something antiquated is old-fashioned and not suitable for modern needs or conditions.
Something that is archaic is out of date or not currently used any more because it is no longer considered useful or efficient.
A contemporary object exists at the same time as something else or exists at the current time.
A man who is dapper has a very neat and clean appearance; he is both fashionable and stylish.
A man who is debonair is sophisticated, charming, friendly, and confident.
Decorous appearance or behavior is respectable, polite, and appropriate for a given occasion.
Decrepitude is the state of being very old, worn out, or very ill; therefore, something or someone is no longer in good physical condition or good health.
A dilapidated building, vehicle, etc. is old, broken-down, and in very bad condition.
An erstwhile friend is a friend no longer.
Someone who is fastidious cares excessively about small details and wants to keep everything correct, tidy, very clean, and in perfect order.
Hackneyed words, images, ideas, or sayings have been used so often that they no longer seem interesting or amusing.
A matriarch is an older and powerful woman who controls a family, community, or other social group.
Someone is considered meticulous when they act with careful attention to detail.
A patriarch is a male leader of a family or tribe; a patriarch can also be a man who is the founder of a group or organization.
Something primeval is ancient or belonging to the original development of something.
The adjective primordial is used to describe things that existed close to the formation of Earth or close to the origin or development of something.
To be punctilious is to pay precise attention to detail.
Something that is superannuated is so old and worn out that it is no longer working or useful.
A troglodyte is reclusive, severely lacking in social skills, and is out of step with current times.
If you behave in an urbane way, you are behaving in a polite, refined, and civilized fashion in social situations.
Venerable people command respect because they are old and wise.
If something, such as clothing, is in vogue, it is currently in fashion or is one of the hottest new trends; hence, it is very popular.
Adj.
antediluvian
an-ti-di-LOO-vee-uhn
Context
Maximilian felt that he should have been born in another century because he felt so attracted to very old-fashioned, antediluvian beliefs. He maintained an antediluvian practice of wearing a stiffly starched collar, pocket watch, and a nineteenth-century pinstripe Victorian suit. Marjory thought that Max’s outdated habits were charming in an Old World sort of way, but she disagreed with his antediluvian beliefs about women’s place in society, which were anything but up-to-date. Over time, Max changed some of his antediluvian views to more modern ones so that the feminist Marjory would marry him.
Quiz:Try again!
What are antediluvian objects to have in your home?
Rugs spread throughout the home over hardwood floors.
Ceiling fans that keep a room cool, even in hot weather.
Bronze chandeliers that require candles for light.
Ann + Ted = Luv It's carved on that old tree, but that antediluvian carving is so outdated that Ann has had six other boyfriends since Ted.
Examples
Only sequoias have the heroic, fabulous, antediluvian stature of the first days of the world, being contemporary with the great prehistoric animals.
— Jean Baudrillard, French sociologist, philosopher, and cultural theorist, from _Cool Memories_
Some [letters] were written by hand, some typed on clunky Apple computers and printed out on that antediluvian computer paper we used before laser printers, the kind with little perforations along the sides. I had actually forgotten about that paper, and about the dot-matrix printers that went with it, until I discovered a cache of letters during a recent move, all of which had been written using that sort of late-1980s equipment.
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The Washington Post
By mastering antediluvian musical syntax, the Ramblers accorded the old-time string band canon great respect while also equipping themselves to reimagine it with their own exuberant stamp.
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The New York Times
Such works of paleoart—a genre that uses fossil evidence to reconstruct vanished worlds—directly shape the way humans imagine the distant past. . . . In the apocalyptic watercolors of John Martin, nightmarish beasts writhed and flailed in the antediluvian ooze.
—
The Atlantic
