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adamite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.14 in modern English

Syllables
adamite
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A descendant of Adam; a human being.

noun

A zinc arsenate hydroxide mineral, Zn₂AsO₄OH.

noun

A person descended from the biblical Adam.

noun

A member of one of a number of sects which professed to worship God in the same way that Adam did.

adj

Of or pertaining to the Biblical Adam.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

adamites (plural)

Derived Forms

cuproadamite paradamite Preadamite

Phrases

pre-Adamite

Synonyms

Adamian Adamic

Questions

What does adamite mean?
A descendant of Adam; a human being.
Where does adamite come from?
Named after French mineralogist Gilbert Joseph Adam (1795-1881) in 1866.

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