prelapsarian

Definition

Of, or relating to the period of innocence before the Fall of man; innocent, unspoiled.

Etymology

From pre- + Latin lapsus (“fall”) + -arian.

Example Sentences

• "It is the prelapsarian Polynesia of free love, noble savagery, Kon Tiki rafting and Easter Island statuary, not the Levi’s-wearing, Toyota-driving, pédalo-pushing, efflorescent-cocktails-in-a-split-coconut-serving pseudo-paradise that awaits latter-day travellers."
• "Ideally, individual stories and God's plan share the same final goal, namely, returning to a prelapsarian state of perfect communication with God."
• "Back in those ancient, prelapsarian days, "girl-on-girl" hadn’t even been invented yet."