pre|ad|a|mite

pre|ad|a|mite
pre|ad|a|mite «pree AD uh myt», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. a person believed to have lived before Adam.
2. a person who holds that there were men in existence before Adam.
–adj.
1. that existed before Adam: »

detached broken fossils of preadamite whales (Herman Melville).

2. having to do with the preadamites.
[< New Latin Praeadamitae, plural < Latin prae- before + Adam Adam + -itae -ite1]

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