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- adjective Being before the time of Moses.
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- adjective Before the time of
Moses .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I am horror-struck at this antemosaic, unsourced existence of the unspeakable terrors of the whale, which, having been before all time, must needs exist after all humane ages are over.
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I am horror-struck at this antemosaic, unsourced existence of the unspeakable terrors of the whale, which, having been before all time, must needs exist after all humane ages are over.
Moby Dick: or, the White Whale Herman Melville 1855
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I am horror-struck at this antemosaic, unsourced existence of the unspeakable terrors of the whale, which, having been before all time, must needs exist after all humane ages are over.
Moby Dick, or, the whale Herman Melville 1855
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I am horror-struck at this antemosaic, unsourced existence of the unspeakable terrors of the whale, which, having been before all time, must needs exist after all humane ages are over.
whichbe commented on the word antemosaic
Before the time of Moses.
May 11, 2008
yarb commented on the word antemosaic
I am horror-struck at this antemosaic, unsourced existence of the unspeakable terrors of the whale, which, having been before all time, must needs exist after all humane ages are over.
- Melville, Moby-Dick, ch. 104
July 31, 2008