pre-Adamite

American  

[pree-ad-uh-mahyt] / priˈæd əˌmaɪt /

noun

1. a person supposed to have existed before Adam.

2. a person who believes that there were people in existence before Adam.

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adjective

1. Also pre-Adamic existing before Adam.

2. of or relating to the pre-Adamites.

Etymology

Origin of pre-Adamite

First recorded in 1655–65; pre- + Adam + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

In the same way we look with a pleasing kind of pity on the quandaries of those whom we shall call—with no belief whatever in the pre-Adamite theory—the pre-Macadamites.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 331, May, 1843 by Various

It is the call of the wild to which the pre-Adamite monkey in our nature responds.

From In Africa Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country by McCutcheon, John T.

Oh those jagged mountains," exclaims Mrs Browning, "rolled together like pre-Adamite beasts, and setting their teeth against the sky....

From Robert Browning by Dowden, Edward

In this way ancient idolators disposed of the prehistoric and pre-Adamite world, changing it into a period of gods and demigods.

From The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science by Dawson, John William

In naming them pre-Adamite I mean two things.

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