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Adamite

[ ad-uh-mahyt ]

noun

  1. a descendant of Adam; human being.
  2. a nudist.


Adamite

/ ˈædəˌmaɪt; ˌædəˈmɪtɪk /

noun

  1. a human being
  2. a nudist, esp a member of an early Christian sect who sought to imitate Adam
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • Adamitic, adjective
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Other Words From

  • Ad·am·it·ic [ad-, uh, -, mit, -ik], Adam·iti·cal adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Adamite1

First recorded in 1620–30; Adam + -ite 1
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Example Sentences

Oh those jagged mountains, rolled together like pre-Adamite beasts, and setting their teeth against the sky!

When she sees her Salibrand so unmodiously accoutred, she will jeer him out of his periwig, and render him an Adamite cap-a-pie.

Where there is a good paying demand for pre-Adamite skulls, there will always be a good supply.

Geologists, accordingly, with their visual generosity of time, assigned them to the pre-Adamite period.

No food and lodgings shall be allowed a Quaker, Adamite, or other heretic.

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