Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Existing prior to Adam; preadamite.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Prior to Adam.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Prior to the existence of the
Biblical Adam .
Etymologies
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pre- + Adamic
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Examples
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The loom-rooms seem tenanted by huge, misshapen denizens of some preadamic world.
Floyd Grandon's Honor Amanda Minnie Douglas 1873
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