Adamite

American  

[ad-uh-mahyt] / ˈæd əˌmaɪt /

noun

1. a descendant of Adam; human being.

2. a nudist.

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Adamite British  

/ ˈædəˌmaɪt, ˌædəˈmɪtɪk /

noun

1. a human being

2. a nudist, esp a member of an early Christian sect who sought to imitate Adam

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Other Word Forms

• Adamitic adjective
• Adamitical adjective

Etymology

Origin of Adamite

First recorded in 1620–30; Adam + -ite ¹

Example Sentences

"Oh, all those fellows go in for the Adamite life."

From Project Gutenberg

In Yarchi's version it was even license—"the Adamite life."

From Project Gutenberg

A few leaves entwined by the stalks, the feathers of birds, the bark of trees, or roughly-dressed skins of animals were probably regarded by beaux and belles of the Adamite period as beautiful and appropriate adornments for the body, and were followed by garments made from plaited grass, which was doubtless the origin of weaving, a process which is nothing more than the mechanical plaiting of hair, wool, flax, &c.

From Project Gutenberg

Critic Fr�nger, basing his judgment on clues found in the paintings, thinks Bosch was also secretly an Adamite, a member of a sect called "Brethren of the Free Spirit," which found many underground recruits in the late Middle Ages.

From Time Magazine Archive

When she sees her Salibrand so unmodiously accoutred, she will jeer him out of his periwig, and render him an Adamite cap-a-pie.

From Project Gutenberg