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adullamite

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
adul-lamite
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An inhabitant of Adullam. Near this town there was a cave where David and his allies sought refuge from Saul.

noun

A member of the anti-reform faction of the British Liberal Party in the 19th century.

British usage

Etymology

From Adullam + -ite, in the political sense from a speech by John Bright in Parliament on 13 March 1866 deriding the anti-reformist faction of Edward Horsman as a “Cave of Adullam”, i.e. a group of malcontents.

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Inflected Forms

Adullamites (plural)

Questions

What does adullamite mean?
An inhabitant of Adullam. Near this town there was a cave where David and his allies sought refuge from Saul.
Where does adullamite come from?
From Adullam + -ite, in the political sense from a speech by John Bright in Parliament on 13 March 1866 deriding the anti-reformist faction of Edward Horsman as a “Cave of Adullam”, i.e. a group of malcontents.

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