pre-adamite noun & adjective. [pri:'adǝmʌɪt] M17.
[from PRE- 2 + ADAM noun + -ITE¹.]
A. noun.
1. A person of a race formerly believed to have existed before the time of Adam. M17.

2. A believer in the existence of men before Adam. obsolete exc. Hist. E18.
b. adjective. Belonging to a race or to the time previous to Adam; prehuman. L17.

■ pre-ada'mitic adjective = PRE-ADAMITE adjective E18.

■ pre-adamitism noun the doctrine of the existence of pre-adamite man L18.

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