Adamic
English edit
Etymology edit
From Adam + -ic, modelled on Latin adamicus.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /əˈdæmɪk/, /ˈædəmɪk/
Adjective edit
Adamic (not comparable)
- Of, relating to, or resembling the Biblical character Adam.
- 1870 April 5, Blossom [pseudonym], “[Letter from San Francisco. [Regular Correspondence to the News.]] The Earthquake.”, in Gold Hill Daily News, volume XIII, number 2001, Gold Hill, Nev., published 1870 April 6, page [2], column 2:
- The story of the man who was bathing at the time, and ran out in Adamic costume, has been told too often, and for a fictional individual he has become altogether too notorious; […]
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
relating to the Biblical character Adam
References edit
- Adamic in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.
- “Adamic”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "Adamic" in the Wordsmyth Dictionary-Thesaurus © Wordsmyth 2002.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.
- ^ “Adamic, adj.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.