单词 | adamitic |
释义 | Adamiticadj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Adam; resembling Adam in nature or condition. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [adjective] > homely or rustic homelya1387 uplandisha1387 hamald?a1400 rustical1483 agrestc1550 fustianc1550 homespun1590 russet1598 agrestic1617 raplocha1628 Adamitic1656 russet-coated1683 rustic1738 turnipy1792 countrified1875 corny1932 bakya1960 1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 164 Nor is it other, than rustick or adamitick impudence, to confine nature to it self: and to strip our bodies, [etc.]. 1678 J. Brown Quakerisme Path-way to Paganisme iv. 87 Adamitick flesh is not capable of remission? 1779 Lit. Fly 13 Feb. 28 We have already procured an Adamitic plan, in which those celebrated gentlemen have surpassed themselves. 1841 Arcturus Sept. 226 Divine words, falling on the barren earth of some poor Adamitic heart. 1865 T. H. Huxley in Fortn. Rev. 1 273 Five-sixths of the public are taught this Adamitic Monogenism, as if it were an established truth, and believe it. 1934 Manitowoc (Wisconsin) Herald-Times 20 Oct. 7/2 The man takes refuge in the good old Adamitic excuse: ‘The woman Thou gavest me, she did it.’ 2007 A. McEwen tr. U. Eco Turn back Clock 340 Unlike the tongues of the confusion, it had rediscovered a primordial affinity with things, just like the Adamitic language. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1656 |
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