Adamlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈadəmləs/, U.S.

/ˈædəmləs/

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Adam , -less suffix.

Etymology: < the name of Adam (see Adam n.¹) + -less suffix.With Adamless Eden compare earlier Adamic Eden (see quot. 1848 at Adamic adj.).

Characterized by the absence of men; (later usually) spec. inhabited only by women. Chiefly in Adamless Eden n. a place, situation, or way of life from which men are absent or excluded and which is regarded, sometimes ironically, as a type of paradise; (also in quot. 1876) an uninhabited region.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [noun] > condition of being inhabited > not

soleintyc1400

unpopulousness1605

inhabitednessa1662

depopulation1697

uninhabitedness1727

unoccupancy1816

Adamless Eden1876

the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > supreme or heavenly happiness > [noun] > place of supreme happiness

heaveneOE

Edena1225

paradise?a1300

Garden of Eden1535

eutopia1553

happy land1562

Arcady1590

Hesperidesa1592

Elysiuma1616

God's own country1807

lotusland1856

Adamless Eden1876

summerland1895

Shangri-La1941

1876 W. G. Palgrave Dutch Guiana vii. 255 The Adamless Eden of the south.

1883 Sat. Rev. 23 June 795/2 It is not every young lady even in China, who desires to live in an Adamless Eden.

1895 Daily News 18 May 7/2 Only two males—a couple of professional players to strengthen the double basses—invaded this otherwise Adamless Eden.

1898 Land Mag. Oct. 498 To put the practical knowledge they have acquired to the test, by cultivating some Adamless holding of their own.

1936 O. Nash Primrose Path 218 Lonely Eve in an Adamless Eden.

1995 P. A. Palmieri (title) In Adamless Eden. The community of women faculty at Wellesley.

2003 Perspectives in Vernacular Archit. 9 86/2 One department-store owner went so far as to call his store an ‘Adamless Eden’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	adamless
释义	Adamlessadj. Brit. /ˈadəmləs/, U.S. /ˈædəmləs/ Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Adam , -less suffix. Etymology: < the name of Adam (see Adam n.¹) + -less suffix.With Adamless Eden compare earlier Adamic Eden (see quot. 1848 at Adamic adj.). Characterized by the absence of men; (later usually) spec. inhabited only by women. Chiefly in Adamless Eden n. a place, situation, or way of life from which men are absent or excluded and which is regarded, sometimes ironically, as a type of paradise; (also in quot. 1876) an uninhabited region. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > [noun] > condition of being inhabited > not soleintyc1400 unpopulousness1605 inhabitednessa1662 depopulation1697 uninhabitedness1727 unoccupancy1816 Adamless Eden1876 the mind > emotion > pleasure > happiness > supreme or heavenly happiness > [noun] > place of supreme happiness heaveneOE Edena1225 paradise?a1300 Garden of Eden1535 eutopia1553 happy land1562 Arcady1590 Hesperidesa1592 Elysiuma1616 God's own country1807 lotusland1856 Adamless Eden1876 summerland1895 Shangri-La1941 1876 W. G. Palgrave Dutch Guiana vii. 255 The Adamless Eden of the south. 1883 Sat. Rev. 23 June 795/2 It is not every young lady even in China, who desires to live in an Adamless Eden. 1895 Daily News 18 May 7/2 Only two males—a couple of professional players to strengthen the double basses—invaded this otherwise Adamless Eden. 1898 Land Mag. Oct. 498 To put the practical knowledge they have acquired to the test, by cultivating some Adamless holding of their own. 1936 O. Nash Primrose Path 218 Lonely Eve in an Adamless Eden. 1995 P. A. Palmieri (title) In Adamless Eden. The community of women faculty at Wellesley. 2003 Perspectives in Vernacular Archit. 9 86/2 One department-store owner went so far as to call his store an ‘Adamless Eden’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1876
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