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Adam   /ˈædəm/   Listen
noun
Adam  n.  
1.
The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race.
2.
(As a symbol) "Original sin;" human frailty. "And whipped the offending Adam out of him."
Adam's ale, water. (Coll.)
Adam's apple.
1.
(Bot.)
(a)
A species of banana (Musa paradisiaca). It attains a height of twenty feet or more.
(b)
A species of lime (Citris limetta).
2.
The projection formed by the thyroid cartilage in the neck. It is particularly prominent in males, and is so called from a notion that it was caused by the forbidden fruit (an apple) sticking in the throat of our first parent.
Adam's flannel (Bot.), the mullein (Verbascum thapsus).
Adam's needle (Bot.), the popular name of a genus (Yucca) of liliaceous plants.





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"Adam" Quotes from Famous Books



... his readers to help the kind people of Holland on whom the care of so many Belgian refugees has fallen. Contributions will be gladly received by the International Women's Relief Committee (Miss Chrystal Macmillan, Treasurer), 7, Adam Street, Adelphi, W.C. ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 28, 1914 • Various
... to kyng Philip of Macedone on a tyme, and prayde the kyng to gyue hym some what; and farther he sayde he was his kynse man. And whan the kyng asked hym which way, he answered and sayde howe they came bothe of Adam. Than the kynge commanded to gyue hym an almes. Whan the begger sawe it was but a small pece of moneye, he sayde, that was nat a semely gyfte for a kynge. The kynge answered: if I shuld gyue euery manne ...
— Shakespeare Jest-Books; - Reprints of the Early and Very Rare Jest-Books Supposed - to Have Been Used by Shakespeare • Unknown
... said Messire Adam Fumee, a Tourainian, who at that time was the keeper of the seals. "There is only one thing for ...
— Droll Stories, Complete - Collected From The Abbeys Of Touraine • Honore de Balzac
... goes on Wainwright, 'on the brink of destruction. A man of intelligence could rescue it from its impending doom in one day by issuing the necessary edicts and orders. President Gomez knows nothing of statesmanship or policy. Do you know Adam Smith?' ...
— Rolling Stones • O. Henry
... is probably broken up by this time. Our hostess doesn't know either of us from the lamented Adam but I shall introduce you quite casually, you know. Her name, by the way, is Lindsay. There are scads of people here; the very first families. We may mingle freely without fear ...
— Blacksheep! Blacksheep! • Meredith Nicholson


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