adj. Of, or relating to the period of innocence before the Fall of man; innocent, unspoiled.
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adj. of or relating to the time before the Fall of Adam and Eve
Word Usage
"For a generation raised on divorce, the Trillins — who married in 1965, just before the marriage-hopping baby boomers came of age — represent a kind of prelapsarian parental ideal."