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adamite

adamite noun: a descendant of Adam; a human being.

adamite: a descendant of Adam; a human being
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Noun (1)

adamite (plural adamites)

  1. A descendant of Adam; a human being.

Noun (2)

adamite

  1. A zinc arsenate hydroxide mineral, Zn₂AsO₄OH.

Noun (3) capitalized: Adamite

Adamite (plural Adamites)

  1. A person descended from the biblical Adam.
  2. (historical) A member of one of a number of sects which professed to worship God in the same way that Adam did.
    Synonyms:
    Adamian

Adjective capitalized: Adamite

Adamite

  1. Of or pertaining to the Biblical Adam.
    • Adamite language
    • Adamite sin
    Synonyms:
    Adamic

adamite meaning in Tamil

adamite in Tamil

ஆதம் மரபினர், மனித இனத்தவர், உடையின்றித் திரிபவர்

Synonyms of adamite

Forms of adamite

pluraladamites
pluralAdamites

Origin of adamite

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

From Adam + -ite.

Words formed from adamite

Questions about adamite

What does adamite mean?
Adamite means a descendant of Adam; a human being.
What is adamite in Tamil?
Adamite in Tamil is ஆதம் மரபினர், மனித இனத்தவர், உடையின்றித் திரிபவர். See Adamite meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is adamite?
Adamite can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of adamite?
The plural of adamite is adamites.

Words near adamite in the dictionary

  1. Adamic stone
  2. Adamical
  3. Adamically
  4. Adaminaby
  5. Adamish
  6. adamite
  7. adamites
  8. Adamitic
  9. Adamitical
  10. adamitism
  11. Adamless

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Adapted from Wiktionary: adamite (page history and authors); Adamite (page history and authors); Adamite (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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