adamic
/əˈdæmɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.74 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, relating to, or resembling the Biblical character Adam.
name
The language believed to have been spoken by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden in the biblical account of creation; considered by some traditions as the original or divine language from which all others descended.
Example Sentences
- "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; […]"
- "As a consequence of the primeval peripety, the Adamic fall narrated in Genesis 3, […]"
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.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈdæmɪk/