Prelapsarian

//pɹiːlapˈsɛːɹɪən// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, or relating to the period of innocence before the Fall of man; innocent, unspoiled. Judaism, not-comparable

    "It is the prelapsarian Polynesia of free love, noble savagery, Kon Tiki rafting and Easter Island statuary, not the Levi’s-wearing, Toyota-driving, pédalo-pushing, efflorescent-cocktails-in-a-split-coconut-serving pseudo-paradise that awaits latter-day travellers."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to the time before the Fall of Adam and Eve wordnet

Synonyms

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antediluvianangelicante bellumante-bellumantelapsarianantelapsarian

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"It is the prelapsarian Polynesia of free love, noble savagery, Kon Tiki rafting and Easter Island statuary, not the Levi’s-wearing, Toyota-driving, pédalo-pushing, efflorescent-cocktails-in-a-split-coconut-serving pseudo-paradise that awaits latter-day travellers."

Etymology

From pre- + Latin lapsus (“fall”) + -arian.

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