This week's theme: eponyms. adamite (AD-uh-myt) noun
1. A nudist. [After the name of some Christian sects who professed to imitate the first human, Adam, in not wearing any clothes.] 2. A human being. [After Adam, the prototypical human.] 3. A mineral (zinc arsenate hydroxide) usually yellow and green in color. [After mineralogist Gilbert Joseph Adam (1795-1881).] -Anu Garg (gargATwordsmith.org) "Among the curious assembly in this utopian community were British transcendentalist Charles Lane and his ten-year-old son; Isaac Hecker, who founded the Roman Catholic Paulist Fathers; and an adamite." Laurie Morrow; The Philosopher's Daughter; The World & I (Washington, DC); May 2002. Sponsors' Messages: Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?code=qt4&ad=aw Subscribe to http://delanceyplace.com -- a carefully selected non-fiction book excerpt free to your email each day. It's the thinking person's daily quote. ............................................................................ We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will. -Henry David Thoreau, naturalist and author (1817-1862) Send your comments to (words AT wordsmith.org). To unsubscribe, update address send gift subscription, etc., visit http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/adamite.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/adamite.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/adamite.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
