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son of Adam
c. son of Adam (also Adam's son): a man or boy, esp. one who is weak-willed, fallible, or susceptible to temptation (with reference to Adam's part in the biblical story of the Fall of Man). Cf. daughter of Eve n. at daughter n. Phrases 1. Now somewhat rare or archaic. [After post-classical Latin filius Adam (Vulgate), itself after Hebrew ben ’āḏām son of Adam, son of man, human being (Old Testament; also with definite article ben hā’āḏām).]
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OE Stowe Psalter: Canticles & Hymns vi. 8 Quando diuidebat altissimus gentes, quando separabat filios adam : hwænne todælde se hihsta ðeoda hwænne he todælde sunu adames.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Eccles. iii. 21 Who kneȝ, if the spirit of the sonus of Adam [L. filiorum Adam] steȝe vp aboue, and if the spirit of bestis go doun bynethe?
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Ecclus. xl. 1 Gret ocupacioun is shapen to alle men and a greuous ȝoc vp on þe sones of adam [L. filios Adam].
a1500 (c1340) R. Rolle Comm. on Canticles (Univ. Oxf. 64) in Psalter (1884) 514 Quando separabat filios adam..when he [sc. God] twynnyd sunnys of adam..was when men bigan to won in all the partis of the erth.
?1506 M. Beaufort tr. J. de Gruytrode Mirroure of Golde (Pynson) sig. B.ii The cursed sonnes of Adam leauith the true and helthfull studies & demaundeth thingis passinge & transitorye.
?1570 T. Drant Two Serm. sig. Iv Alas, Alas, euery sonne of Adam, is but to much miserable.
1600 W. Shakespeare Much Ado about Nothing ii. i. 57 Adams sonnes are my brethren. View more context for this quotation
1645 J. Caryl Expos. 15th–17th Chaps. Job 497 Wee doe but shew what we are, and whence we are, when we sin, even a company of men, the Sons of Adam.
1746 J. Hervey Medit. among Tombs 73 That fatal Javelin..finds its Way to the Hearts of all the Sons of Adam.
1779 A. Bicknell Prince Arthur II. 230 May every erring son of Adam..disengage himself from the wiles of error.
1840 G. Comb Let. 12 Feb. in Pastoral Remains 1841 The want of righteousness and uprightness in the fallen sons of Adam.
1857 C. Dickens Little Dorrit ii. xxii. 417 The multiplicity of paths in the labyrinth trodden by the sons of Adam.
1950 C. S. Lewis Lion, Witch & Wardrobe ii. 16 ‘Of course I'm human,’ said Lucy, still a little puzzled. ‘To be sure, to be sure,’ said the Faun. ‘How stupid of me! But I've never seen a Son of Adam or a Daughter of Eve before.’
1960 J. S. Whale Victor & Victim ii. 30 That permanent contradiction between the man's essence and his experience, which is the inescapable predicament of the sons of Adam.
1982 M. K. Naik Perspectives on Indian Prose in Eng. iv. 51 He charmed millions and was considered one of the sweetest and gentlest sons of Adam.
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