Adamite

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One of mankind; one of the human race considered as descended from Adam.
  • noun. One of that section of mankind more particularly regarded as the offspring of Adam, in contradistinction to a supposed older race, called Preadamites.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. One of a sect which originated in the north of Africa in the second century, and pretended to have attained to the primitive innocence of Adam.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A mineral occurring in small yellow or green crystals and in mammillary groups; a hydrous arseniate of zinc, isomorphous with olivenite: found in Chili, and also at Laurium in Greece. Also called adamine.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A descendant of Adam; a human being.
  • noun. One of a sect of visionaries, who, professing to imitate the state of Adam, discarded the use of dress in their assemblies.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A descendant of Adam; a human being.
  • noun. A zinc arsenate hydroxide mineral, Zn2AsO4OH.
  • Word Usage
    "When in operation, the sphere is protonically charged, and the truncated cone of adamite collects the electrons, taking them from their regular orbits and redirecting them in a continuous stream against whichever portion of the sphere it is pointed at."