Adamite

American  

[ad-uh-mahyt] / ˈæd əˌmaɪt /

noun

1. a descendant of Adam; human being.

2. a nudist.

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Adamite British  

/ ˈædəˌmaɪt, ˌædəˈmɪtɪk /

noun

1. a human being

2. a nudist, esp a member of an early Christian sect who sought to imitate Adam

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Other Word Forms

• Adamitic adjective
• Adamitical adjective

Etymology

Origin of Adamite

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

Example Sentences

Decency and propriety not being recognised, apparently, among infants, the brown baby—who had been named Zariffa at baptism—landed in what may be styled Adamite costume.

From The Madman and the Pirate by Twidle, Arthur

This one may be permitted to name the Adamite epoch.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 by Various

The effects of the Adamite curse are to be distinguished from signs of its immediate activity.

From Modern Painters Volume II (of V) by Ruskin, John

In Yarchi's version it was even license—"the Adamite life."

From Ghetto Tragedies by Zangwill, Israel

I am sometimes almost tempted to declare myself Adamite to escape it.

From Certain Personal Matters by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)