Adamic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈædəmɪk/ (General-American)
- /əˈdæmɪk/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *ʔadam- Hebrew אָדָםbor. Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám)bor. Latin Ādāmlbor. Old English Adam Middle English Adam English Adam Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Latin adamicusder. English Adamic From Adam + -ic, modelled on Latin adamicus.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of, relating to, or resembling the Biblical character Adam.
As a consequence of the primeval peripety, the Adamic fall narrated in Genesis 3, […]
2020, Paul M. Blowers, Visions and Faces of the Tragic […] , Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 127:The story of the man who was bathing at the time, and ran out in Adamic costume, has been told too often, and for a fictional individual he has become altogether too notorious; […]
1870 April 5, Blossom [pseudonym], “[Letter from San Francisco. [Regular Correspondence to the News.]] The Earthquake.”, in Gold Hill Daily News, volume XIII, number 2001, Gold Hill, Nev., published 6 April 1870, page [2], column 2:
Deriveds
Adamic earth · Adamic stone · pre-Adamic · post-Adamic · Adamically · preadamic
Synonyms
Translations (7)
pt adâmico (relating to the Biblical character Adam) · fr adamique (relating to the Biblical character Adam) · es adánico (relating to the Biblical character Adam) · ca adàmic (relating to the Biblical character Adam) · es adámico (relating to the Biblical character Adam) · bg ада́мов (relating to the Biblical character Adam) · hi आदमी (relating to the Biblical character Adam)