preadamite

British  

/ priːˈædəˌmaɪt /

noun

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

2. a person assumed to have lived before Adam

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adjective

1. of or relating to a preadamite

Example Sentences

The absolute lack of any sense of sin gives even the most scandalous scenes in Congreve's plays a pagan air of preadamite innocence.

From Time Magazine Archive

For a full hour an unhappy preadamite man writhed and glued himself against the face of that cliff, descending and reascending by new lines, but always checked by a straight wall about 150 ft. up.

From Climbing in The British Isles, Vol. II Wales and Ireland by Hart, H. C.

Hence, perhaps, the name of Suleymán is given to the universal monarchs of the preadamite Jinn; unless the story of his own universal dominion originated from confounding him with those kings of the Jinn.

From The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Anonymous

We have cut off his "Cinderella" and his "Puss in Boots," and introduced him to some of the more peaceful fauna of the preadamite world, as they appear restored in Mr. Figuier's book.

From Mr. Punch with The Children by Various

I thought I could see floating on the surface of the waters enormous chelonia, preadamite tortoises, resembling floating islands.

From A Journey to the Interior of the Earth by Verne, Jules