单词 | pre-Adamite |
释义 | pre-Adamite/ˌpriːˈadəmʌɪt/noun 1A member of a race supposed to have existed before the time of the biblical Adam. 2A believer in the existence of people before Adam. Now historical. 3 NZ History. A settler who arrived in Canterbury Province before the settlement of 1850. adjective 1That existed before the biblical Adam; belonging to a race existing before Adam, or to a time previous to that of Adam; prehuman. 2Relating to or designating the theory that a race of humans existed before Adam; of or relating to believers in this theory. OriginMid 17th century. From post-classical Latin praeadamita, noun from classical Latin prae- + Adam + -īta. |
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