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Adamite

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to the Biblical Adam.

    "Adamite language"

Noun
  1. 1
    A descendant of Adam; a human being.
  2. 2
    A zinc arsenate hydroxide mineral, Zn₂AsO₄OH.
  3. 3
    A person descended from the biblical Adam.
  4. 4
    One of a sect of visionaries, who, professing to imitate the state of the biblical Adam, discarded the use of clothing in their assemblies. historical

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

From Adam + -ite.

Etymology 3

From Adam + -ite.

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