Preadamic

Preadamic
Preadamic \Pre`a*dam"ic\, a. Prior to Adam. [1913 Webster]

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  • preadamic — pre·adamic …   English syllables

  • preadamic —   a. before Adam.    ♦ preadamite, n. person living before Adam; believer in such persons …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • preadamic — adjective see preadamite II …   Useful english dictionary

  • Preadamitic — Pre*ad am*it ic, a. Existing or occurring before Adam; preadamic; as, preadamitic periods. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • aboriginal — adj native, indigenous, endemic, endemical, domestic, enchorial, autochthonous, autochthonal, autochthonic, primal, original, primordial; primeval, prehistoric, preadamic, noachian, noachic, noachical, antediluvian, antiquated, age old, old;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • ancient — adj 1. primeval, primal, prehistoric, pre glacial, preadamic, Noachian, Noachiac, Noachical, antediluvian, before the Flood or Deluge; eolithic, Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic; pristine, early, earliest, primitive, primordial, primigenial. 2 …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • antediluvian — adj 1. primeval, primal, prehistoric, preglacial, preadamic, Noachian, Noachic, Noachical; eolithic, Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic, before the Flood or Deluge; primary, prime, pristine, early, earliest, initial, first; autochthonal,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • antique — adj 1. superannuated, oldest, age old, old, old as the hills, timeworn, elderly, aged. 2. autochthonal, autochthonous, aboriginal, original; pristine, early, earliest, primitive, primordial, primigenial; primeval, primal, prehistoric, preglacial …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • early — adv 1. initially, at the start, early in the game, Chiefly Brit. early on, Scot. timeously. 2. at daybreak, matutinally, at the break or crack of dawn, with cock s crow, with the birds. 3. prematurely, precociously, too soon; untimely, ahead of… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • prehistoric — adj 1. primeval, primal, prehistorical, preglacial, Noachial, Noachic, Noachical, preadamic, antediluvian; eolithic, Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic. 2. ancient, archaic, fossilized, fossilhke, antiquated, antique, superannuated, oldest;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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