E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Pre-Ad’amites.
Before Adam was created. Isaac de la Peyreri maintained that only the Jews are descended from Adam, and that the Gentiles are descended from a race of men existing before Adam; as the book of Genesis is the history of the Jews only, it does not concern itself with other races. (1655.)
