Adamic

[ uh-dam-ik, ad-uh-mik ]

adjective

1. pertaining to or suggestive of Adam.

Other Words From

• A·dami·cal·ly adverb
• post-A·damic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of Adamic¹

First recorded in 1650–60; Adam + -ic

Example Sentences

The "sons of God" must have been the lineal descendants of Adam, and the "daughters of men" the offspring of the pre-Adamic race.

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That man may be traced back on the earth long prior to the alleged Adamic era.

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Faith may now be exercised without a jar to the moral life and without embarrassment to the Adamic ego.

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They express the real nature of the old Adamic man better than a thousand volumes of theology could do.

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It looked so harsh, so millennial-old, so antediluvian and pre-adamic!

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