Adam

Definitions

1. The first man and the progenitor of the human race.
2. The day or night before an eve; two days or nights before a holiday, most commonly Christmas.
   US, humorous
3. A male given name from Hebrew.
4. Original sin or human frailty.
   figuratively
5. Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice, in Christian theology, makes possible the forgiveness of Adam's original sin.
6. Designating a neoclassical style of furniture and architecture in the style of Robert and James Adam.
7. First human and first nabi of Islam.
8. An English surname originating as a patronymic.
9. A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
10. A French surname originating as a patronymic.
11. A German surname originating as a patronymic.

Equivalents

56 more languages

العربيةءادمآدم

БългарскиАдам

বাংলাআদম

BosanskiAdamAdemАдамАдем+ 1 more

CatalàAdam

ČeštinaAdam

CymraegAdda

DanskAdam

ΕλληνικάΑδάμΆδαμος

EsperantoAdamo

EestiAadamAadu

فارسیآدم

SuomiAadamAatamivanha Aatami

GaeilgeÁdhamh

ગુજરાતીઆદમ

HausaAdamu

ʻŌlelo HawaiʻiʻAdamuʻAkamu

עבריתאדה״ראדם

हिन्दीआदम

HrvatskiAdamAdemАдамАдем+ 1 more

MagyarÁdám

ՀայերենԱդամ

ÍslenskaAdam

ItalianoAdamo

日本語アダム

Қазақ тіліадам

한국어아담애덤

Kurdîadanadem

LatinaAdam

LietuviųAdomas

LatviešuĀdams

Македонскиадам

മലയാളംആദാം

Bahasa MelayuAdam

MaltiAdam

NederlandsAdam

NorskAdam

ਪੰਜਾਬੀਆਦਮ

PolskiAdam

PortuguêsAdão

РусскийАдам

SlovenčinaAdam

ShqipAdamAdemadham

СрпскиAdamAdemАдамАдем+ 1 more

SvenskaAdamAdde

KiswahiliAdamu

தமிழ்ஆதாம்

తెలుగుఆదాము

ไทยอาดัม

TagalogAdan

Türkçeadem

УкраїнськаАдам

اردوآدم

O'zbekchaodam

Tiếng ViệtA-đam

YorùbáAádámọ̀Adamu

Examples

“And Adam called his wiues name⟳ Eue, because she was the mother of all liuing.”

“Say⟳ Goddeſs, what enſu'd when Raphael, / The affable Arch-angel, had forewarn'd / Adam by dire example to beware / Apoſtaſie,”

“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.”

“Since then I have⟳ deciphered some more of Adam’s hieroglyphics, and think⟳ he has now become⟳ sufficiently important as a public character to justify⟳ this publication.”

“What splendid names for boys there are! / There's Carol like⟳ a rolling car, / And Martin like⟳ a flying bird, / And Adam like⟳ the Lord's First Word,”

“The US House of Representatives on Wednesday voted to censure Rep. Adam Schiff, a key lawmaker in Democrats’ congressional investigations into former President Donald Trump during his presidency.”

“And so it is written: The first man Adam was made a liuing soule, the last⟳ Adam was made a quickening spirit.”

“Second Adam from above, Reinstate us in thy love⟳.”

“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.”

“McIntyre's best pieces, such as the fireplace in the Otis house, managed to convey both an opulent warmth and a restrained elegance, and compares favorably with the artistic saturnalia of an Adam fireplace.”

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