Adam
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The first man and the progenitor of the human race.
— And Adam called his wiues name Eue, because she was the mother of all liuing.
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A male given name from Hebrew.
— In his tall stalwartness Adam Bede was a Saxon, and justified his name; but the jet-black hair, made the more noticeable by its contrast with the light paper cap, and the keen glance of the dark eyes that shone from under strongly marked, proninent, and mobile eyebrows, indicated a mixture of Celtic blood.
- Original sin or human frailty.
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Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice, in Christian theology, makes possible the forgiveness of Adam's original sin.
— And so it is written: The first man Adam was made a liuing soule, the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
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Designating a neoclassical style of furniture and architecture in the style of Robert and James Adam.
— Inside were six-panelled doors, wide floor-boards, a curving colonial staircase, white Adam-period mantels, and a rear set of rooms three steps below the general level.
- An English surname originating as a patronymic.
- A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
- A French surname originating as a patronymic.
- A German surname originating as a patronymic.
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The drug ecstasy.
— I prefer to call it "Adam." "Ecstasy" is a beautiful word, but I think Ecstasy is a word more often used by people taking it for thrills.
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Etymology tree
Proto-Semitic *ʔadam-
Hebrew אָדָםbor.
Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám)bor.
Latin Ādāmlbor.
Old English Adam
Middle English Adam
English Adam
From Middle English Adam, from Old English Adam, from Latin Adam, Adamus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), Ἄδαμος (Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”), from אדמה (adamah, “red earth, ground”).
Proto-Semitic *ʔadam-
Hebrew אָדָםbor.
Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám)bor.
Latin Ādāmlbor.
Old English Adam
Middle English Adam
English Adam
From Middle English Adam, from Old English Adam, from Latin Adam, Adamus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), Ἄδαμος (Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”), from אדמה (adamah, “red earth, ground”).
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