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

See Examples For:

Adamite

I am sometimes almost tempted to declare myself Adamite to escape it.

From Certain Personal Matters by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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

From Ghetto Tragedies by Zangwill, Israel

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

From Ghetto Tragedies by Zangwill, Israel

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 A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 by Dodsley, Robert

This one may be permitted to name the Adamite epoch.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 by Various