pre-Adamite

[pree-ad-uh-mahyt]

noun

a person supposed to have existed before Adam.

a person who believes that there were people in existence before Adam.

adjective

Also pre-A·dam·ic

[pre-uh-dam-ik] /ˌprɛ əˈdæm ɪk/. existing before Adam.

of or relating to the pre-Adamites.

Origin of pre-Adamite

First recorded in 1655–65; pre- + Adam + -ite¹

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Examples from the Web for preadamite

Historical Examples of preadamite

The following account of the preadamite Jinn is given by El-Ḳazweenee.
The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I.
Anonymous
The following account of the preadamite Jinn is given by El-Ḳazweenee.
Arabian Society In The Middle Ages
Edward William Lane
Others give them a very great age and claim them to belong to preadamite man.
Mound-Builders
William J. Smyth

British Dictionary definitions for preadamite

preadamite

noun

a person who believes that there were people on earth before Adam

a person assumed to have lived before Adam

adjective Also: preadamic (ˌpriːəˈdæmɪk)

of or relating to a preadamite

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