Church History. A member of any of a number of sects, both in the early church and later, who imitated the biblical Adam by going naked, typically as a symbol of purity.
A person who is descended from the biblical Adam, especially a member of a specific branch of humanity derived from the biblical Adam rather than some other ancestor.
Specifically. A white Caucasian. Now chiefly historical.
adjective
Descended or deriving from the biblical Adam.
noun
A zinc mineral occurring as yellow, green, or colourless crystals or crystal aggregates.
((n.) A descendant of Adam; a human being.|--|(n.) One of a sect of visionaries, who, professing to imitate
the state of Adam, discarded the use of dress in their assemblies.|--|)
Origin:
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Geological Magazine. From the name of G. J. Adam, French mineralogist, who supplied the first specimens of the mineral + -ite, after French adamine adamine.
