- a human being; person thought of as descended from Adam
- a person who goes naked in imitation of Adam, as did members of some early religious sects
Adamite
Adam·iteWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Origin
Named after French mineralogist Gilbert Joseph Adam (1795-1881) in 1866.
Noun
(plural Adamites)
- (historical) One of a sect of visionaries, who, professing to imitate the state of the Biblical Adam, discarded the use of clothing in their assemblies.
Adjective
- Of or pertaining to the Biblical Adam.
- Adamite language
- Adamite sin
Origin
Adam + -ite
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