Adamite

[ad-uh-mahyt]

noun

a descendant of Adam; human being.
a nudist.

Origin of Adamite

First recorded in 1620–30; Adam + -ite¹

Related formsAd·am·it·ic

[ad-uh-mit-ik] /ˌæd əˈmɪt ɪk/, Ad·am·it·i·cal, adjective

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Examples from the Web for adamite

Historical Examples of adamite

No food or lodging shall be afforded to a Quaker, Adamite, or other heretic.
The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3
Various
His first epic poem, Adamite, deals with a strange, well-known episode in Bohemian history.
A History of Bohemian Literature
Count Ltzow
He became an Adamite, preached up the nakedness of Adam in his days of innocence.
La Sorcire: The Witch of the Middle Ages
Jules Michelet
No food and lodgings shall be allowed a Quaker, Adamite, or other heretic.
Diary in America, Series One
Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)
When she sees her Salibrand so unmodiously accoutred, she will jeer him out of his periwig, and render him an Adamite cap-a-pie.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays
Robert Dodsley

British Dictionary definitions for adamite

Adamite

noun

a human being
a nudist, esp a member of an early Christian sect who sought to imitate Adam

Derived FormsAdamitic (ˌædəˈmɪtɪk), adjective

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Word Origin and History for adamite

Adamite

"human being, descendant of Adam" the Biblical first man, 1630s, from Adam + -ite (1). Used from 1620s of sects or groups that practice nudism, in reference to the state of Adam before the Fall.