pre-Adamite

[ pree-ad-uh-mahyt ]

noun

1. a person supposed to have existed before Adam.
2. a person who believes that there were people in existence before Adam.

adjective

1. Also pre-A·dam·ic [] existing before Adam.
2. of or relating to the pre-Adamites.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pre-Adamite¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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Hence, although he possibly antedates all living apostles of lady suffrage, he is presumably not a pre-Adamite.

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The air is like that of a pre-Adamite ironing-day in full blast.

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