pre-Adamite

[ pree-ad-uh-mahyt ]

/ priˈæd əˌmaɪt /

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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.

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Origin of pre-Adamite

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

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How to use pre-Adamite in a sentence

Did eyes preadamite first see the bloom, Luscious nepenthe of the soul that grieves?
The Little Tea Book|Arthur Gray
The wind had done in that northern latitude what has been performed by some violent preadamite agency in the Berber desert.
With the World's Great Travellers, Volume IV|Various
The following account of the preadamite Jinn is given by El-Ḳazweenee.
Arabian Society In The Middle Ages|Edward William Lane
The following account of the preadamite Jinn is given by El-Ḳazweenee.
The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I.|Anonymous

Others give them a very great age and claim them to belong to preadamite man.
Mound-Builders|William J. Smyth

British Dictionary definitions for pre-Adamite

preadamite

/ (priːˈædəˌmaɪt) /

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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