Adamic
pertaining to or suggestive of Adam.
Historical Examples
They express the real nature of the old Adamic man better than a thousand volumes of theology could do.
The Pursuit of God A. W. Tozer
The voice of the fathers was altogether against the possibility of their Adamic descent.
History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume II (of 2) John William Draper
Faith may now be exercised without a jar to the moral life and without embarrassment to the Adamic ego.
The Pursuit of God A. W. Tozer
The drawings and jests that did not leave much to be filled out, adorned many a German page with an Adamic candor.
Villa Elsa Stuart Henry
Therefore he feared not, but with that old Adamic strain in his nature, really yearned for the battle.
Deerfoot in The Mountains Edward S. Ellis
He ascribes the purity of the Adamic church to this condition, and its degeneracy and destruction, to the loss of it.
History of American Socialisms John Humphrey Noyes
It was just the place and time for my Adamic air-bath and flesh-brushing from head to foot.
Complete Prose Works Walt Whitman
Read Also:
- Adamite
a descendant of ; human being. a nudist. Historical Examples No food or lodging shall be afforded to a Quaker, Adamite, or other heretic. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 Various His first epic poem, Adamite, deals with a strange, well-known episode in Bohemian history. A History of Bohemian Literature Count Ltzow He became […]
- Adamkus
noun Valdas. born 1926, Lithuanian politician, president of Lithuania (1998–2003, 2004–2009))
- Adamo
adamo database A data management system written at CERN, based on the Entity-Relationship model. (1995-03-14) Contemporary Examples It turns out, however, that adamo’s pieces are very closely based on real termite mounds. Artist as Ant Blake Gopnik October 3, 2013 Historical Examples This was in 1601, several years before the “adamo” of Andrieni. Vondel’s Lucifer […]
- Adamov
noun Arthur. 1908–70, French dramatist, born in Russia: one of the foremost exponents of the Theatre of the Absurd. His plays include Le Professeur Taranne (1953), Le Ping-Pong (1955), and Le Printemps ’71 (1960) Historical Examples adamov left the school with a gold medal and rose rapidly to a high place in the Ministry of […]
- Adams-stokes syndrome
Pathology, . noun another term for heart block Adams-Stokes syndrome Ad·ams-Stokes syndrome (ād’əmz-) n. An occasional temporary stoppage or extreme slowing of the pulse as a result of heart block, causing dizziness, fainting, and sometimes convulsions. Also called Morgagni’s disease, Spens’ syndrome, Stokes-Adams disease, Stokes-Adams syndrome.