Adamic

See also: adàmic

English

Etymology

Adam +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /əˈdæmɪk/, /ˈædəmɪk/

Adjective

Adamic (not comparable)

Of, relating to, or resembling the Biblical character Adam.
- 2020, Paul M. Blowers, Visions and Faces of the Tragic […] , Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127:
  As a consequence of the primeval peripety, the Adamic fall narrated in Genesis 3, […]

Synonyms

Adamical

Derived terms

Adamic earth
Adamically
post-Adamic
pre-Adamic

Translations

relating to the Biblical character Adam

Catalan: adàmic
French: adamique (fr)
Portuguese: adâmico

References

Adamic in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
“Adamic”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
"Adamic" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus © Wordsmyth 2002.
Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

Anagrams

cadmia

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