Adamite
a descendant of Adam; human being.
a nudist.
Origin of Adamite
1Other words from Adamite
- Ad·am·it·ic [ad-uh-mit-ik], /ˌæd əˈmɪt ɪk/, Ad·am·it·i·cal, adjective
Words Nearby Adamite
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How to use Adamite in a sentence
Oh those jagged mountains, rolled together like pre-Adamite beasts, and setting their teeth against the sky!
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II | Elizabeth Barrett BrowningWhen 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 DodsleyWhere there is a good paying demand for pre-Adamite skulls, there will always be a good supply.
Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith | Robert PattersonGeologists, accordingly, with their visual generosity of time, assigned them to the pre-Adamite period.
Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith | Robert PattersonNo food and lodgings shall be allowed a Quaker, Adamite, or other heretic.
Diary in America, Series One | Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)
British Dictionary definitions for Adamite
/ (ˈædəˌmaɪt) /
a human being
a nudist, esp a member of an early Christian sect who sought to imitate Adam
Derived forms of Adamite
- Adamitic (ˌædəˈmɪtɪk), adjective
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