Adamite
English
noun
Definitions
- A person descended from the biblical Adam.
- (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.
Etymology
Suffix from English Adam.
Origin
English
Adam
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Acheson English
- Adam English
- Adamesque English
- Adamian English
- Adamic English
- Adamical English
- Adamish English
- Adamitism English
- Adamless English
- Adamson English
- Addison English
- Aitchison English
- Atcheson English
- Preadamite English
- pre-Adamite English
- pre-Adamitism English
- Adam Middle English
- Adam Tok Pisin