English Explanatory Dictionary

adamite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A descendant of Adam; a human being.
noun
  1. A zinc arsenate hydroxide mineral, Zn₂AsO₄OH.
noun
  1. A person descended from the biblical Adam.
  2. One of a sect of visionaries, who, professing to imitate the state of the biblical Adam, discarded the use of clothing in their assemblies.
adj
  1. Of or pertaining to the Biblical Adam.

Word forms

adamite adamites

Etymology

Named after French mineralogist Gilbert Joseph Adam (1795-1881) in 1866.

Synonyms

Adamian Adamic

Derived words

cuproadamite paradamite pre-Adamite Preadamite

Translations

Bulgarian: адами́т Czech: adamita Portuguese: adamita
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