Adamic

American  

[uh-dam-ik, ad-uh-mik] / əˈdæm ɪk, ˈæd ə mɪk /

Also Adamical

adjective

1. pertaining to or suggestive of Adam.

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Other Word Forms

• Adamically adverb
• post-Adamic adjective

Etymology

Origin of Adamic

First recorded in 1650–60; Adam + -ic

Example Sentences

Adamic mentioned the conviction among Angelenos that their city “will ultimately — perhaps within the next three or four decades — be the biggest city in the world.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

Per has, in effect, been exiled from Eden, for the Adamic sin of stealing apples.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 14, 2019

Apple engineer Steve Salika, 55, and his wife, Diana Adamic, 60, went on the trip with their daughter Tia Salika to celebrate the teen’s 17th birthday.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 6, 2019

Adamic later left the company, but Salika remained for 30 years, touching so many people with his “energy and enthusiasm,” O’Brien said in a statement.

From Washington Times • Sep. 5, 2019

That old Adamic principle of a legislative sovereignty in man, which has convulsed the nations for six thousand years, shall be utterly renounced and crucified the world over.

From The Covenants And The Covenanters Covenants, Sermons, and Documents of the Covenanted Reformation by Kerr, James