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

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Adamite

Decency and propriety not being recognised, apparently, among infants, the brown baby—who had been named Zariffa at baptism—landed in what may be styled Adamite costume.

From The Madman and the Pirate by Arthur Twidle

With the exception of the Adamite, whose garb is that of Adam in the Garden of Eden, all ten wear doublets.

From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Alice Morse Earle

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

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

Well Bayfield, I don’t want to whitewash myself, let alone trot out the old Adamite excuse—I don’t set up to be better than other people, and have been a good deal worse than some.

From The Triumph of Hilary Blachland by Bertram Mitford

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

From Ghetto Tragedies by Israel Zangwill