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

Derived Forms

• Adamitic, adjective

Other Words From

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Adamite¹

First recorded in 1620–30; 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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When she sees her Salibrand so unmodiously accoutred, she will jeer him out of his periwig, and render him an Adamite cap-a-pie.

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

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