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Webster 1913 Edition


Adamite

Ad′am-ite

,
Noun.
[From
Adam
.]
1.
A descendant of Adam; a human being.
2.
(Eccl. Hist.)
One of a sect of visionaries, who, professing to imitate the state of Adam, discarded the use of dress in their assemblies.

Definition 2024


Adamite

Adamite

See also: adamite

English

Noun

Adamite (plural Adamites)

  1. (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.

Synonyms

  • Adamian
Translations

Adjective

Adamite

  1. Of or pertaining to the Biblical Adam.
    Adamite language
    Adamite sin

Synonyms

adamite

adamite

See also: Adamite

English

Noun

adamite (plural adamites)

  1. A descendant of Adam; a human being.

Etymology 2

Adamite

Named after French mineralogist Gilbert Joseph Adam (1795-1881) in 1866.[1]

Noun

adamite

  1. (mineralogy) A zinc arsenate hydroxide mineral, Zn2AsO4OH.
Translations

References

  • adamite Barthelmy, David (accessed 29 August 2016) Webmineral Mineralogy Database
  • adamite mindat.org, Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, accessed 29 August 2016
  1. Richard V. Gaines, H. Catherine W. Skinner, Eugene E. Foord, Brian Mason, and Abraham Rosenzweig: Dana's new mineralogy, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

French

Etymology

Adam + -ite

Adjective

adamite m, f (plural adamites)

  1. adamite, Adamite

Noun

adamite m, f (plural adamites)

  1. Adamite

Noun

adamite f (plural adamites)

  1. (mineralogy) adamite