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Ad·am 1 A0075400 (ăd′əm) In the Bible, the first man and the husband of Eve.
[Late Latin Adam, Ādam, from Hebrew 'ādām, human being, Adam; see ʔdm in Semitic roots.]
Ad·am 2 A0075400 (ăd′əm)adj. Relating to or characteristic of the elegant neoclassic style of furniture and architecture originated by Robert and James Adam.Adam (ˈædəm) n1. (Bible) Old Testament the first man, created by God: the progenitor of the human race (Genesis 2–3)2. not know someone from Adam to have no knowledge of or acquaintance with someone3. the old Adam the evil supposedly inherent in human nature
Adam n 1. (Biography) Adolphe. 1803–56, French composer, best known for his romantic ballet Giselle (1841) 2. (Biography) Robert. 1728–92, Scottish architect and furniture designer. Assisted by his brother, James, 1730–94, he emulated the harmony of classical and Italian Renaissance architecture adj 3. (Architecture) in the neoclassical style made popular by Robert Adam 4. (Furniture) in the neoclassical style made popular by Robert Adam Ad•am (ˈæd əm)
n. 1. the first man: husband of Eve and progenitor of the human race. Gen. 2:7; 5:1–5. 2. James, 1730–94, and his brother Robert, 1728–92, English architects and furniture designers. adj. 3. of or designating the style of architecture, decoration, and furniture originated by Robert and James Adam, characterized by freely adapted ancient Roman motifs and delicate ornamentation. Idioms: 1. not know someone from Adam, to be completely unacquainted or unfamiliar with someone. 2. the old Adam, the natural tendency toward sin. A•dam•ic (əˈdæm ɪk) A•dam′i•cal, adj. AdamA delicate eighteenth-century English neoclassical style developed by Robert Adam.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Adam - (Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythology; the first man and the husband of Eve and the progenitor of the human raceOld Testament - the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible | | 2. | Adam - Scottish architect who designed many public buildings in England and Scotland (1728-1792)Robert Adam | | 3. |  Adam - street names for methylenedioxymethamphetaminecristal, disco biscuit, hug drug, XTC, go, X, ecstasyMDMA, methylenedioxymethamphetamine - a stimulant drug that is chemically related to mescaline and amphetamine and is used illicitly for its euphoric and hallucinogenic effects; it was formerly used in psychotherapy but in 1985 it was declared illegal in the United States; "MDMA is often used at parties because it enables partygoers to remain active for long periods of time" |
TranslationsAdam (ˈӕdəm) : Adam's ˈapple noun the pointed part at the front of the neck that moves up and down when one talks or swallows. 喉結 喉结not know someone from Adam not to know someone at all. 根本不認識某人 根本不认识某人Adam
Adam TilerAn obsolete term for the accomplice of a pickpocket, who is given and escapes with the stolen goods. Here, "Adam" refers to the first man (as in the Garden of Eden), while "Tiler" is an obsolete slang term for a pickpocket. We have caught the pickpocket, but some Adam Tiler made off with the money.See also: AdamFanny Adamsobsolete A ration of tinned mutton, as provided upon a naval ship. This macabre sobriquet was taken from the name of an eight-year-old girl who was brutally murdered in 1867, thus likening the quality of the meat rations to the remains of the young girl. I swear if I have to eat Fanny Adams one more time, I will throw myself overboard.See also: Adam, fannythe old AdamThe evil or reckless side of human nature, as attributed to the Biblical Adam (who disobeyed God's orders). I'm so sorry I yelled at you like that—the old Adam really got a hold of me there. The old Adam is in each of you, but do not succumb to it. Turn away from sin, children.See also: Adam, oldsweet Fanny Adamsrude slang Nothing. The term is a euphemism, based on the initials of "Fanny Adams" ("FA"), for "fuck all," which means the same thing. Sometimes shortened to "sweet FA." I worked there for 20 years and was dismissed with sweet Fanny Adams to show for it!See also: Adam, fanny, sweetnot know (one) from AdamTo not know who one is just by looking at them; to have never met someone before. Even though Jake had worked at the company for nearly 10 years, the boss still didn't know him from Adam. I don't blame them for not giving me permission right away. They don't know me from Adam.See also: Adam, know, notAdam's aleWater. A humorous phrase based on the idea that the only thing Adam and Eve had to drink in the Garden of Eden was water. I don't have any beer, but I can offer you some Adam's ale.See also: aleAdam's off oxSomeone or something that one does not know or cannot readily identify. The phrase is used in an extension of the expression "not know (someone) from Adam" (the Biblical figure), meaning to not know them at all. In a team of oxen, the "off ox" is the one on the "off" side of the driver (i.e. the one positioned the farthest away). Who's that guy? I wouldn't know him from Adam's off ox.See also: off, ox(as) old as Adamhumorous Very old. An allusion to Adam, the first human created by God in the Bible. Oh, she's old as Adam, she can't hear us. Why don't we ever sing new songs? Those hymns are as old as Adam.See also: Adam, oldup and at 'em1. Promptly awake and ready to start the day's activities. A colloquial shortening of "up and at them." We have to be up and at 'em by 7 AM tomorrow morning if we want to fit in everything we have planned. I've always preferred to go to bed early so I can be up and at 'em first thing in the morning.2. Wake up, get out of bed, and start your day! Up and at 'em, sleepy head! You've got a busy morning, so you'd better get a move on.See also: and, upAdam Henryslang A euphemistic way to call someone an "asshole," playing on that word's use of the letters A and H. Don't pay attention to that guy, he's a real Adam Henry. Whoa, stop yelling at me. Why are you acting like such an Adam Henry today?See also: Adam, henrysince Adam was a wee ladFor a very long time. An allusion to Adam, the first human created by God in the Bible. What does Grandma mean when she says she's been teaching third grade since Adam was a wee lad?See also: Adam, lad, since, weesince Adam was a boyFor a very long time. An allusion to Adam, the first human created by God in the Bible. What does Grandma mean when she says she's been teaching third grade since Adam was a boy?See also: Adam, boy, sincenot know someone from AdamFig. not to know someone by sight at all. I wouldn't recognize John if I saw him up close. I don't know him from Adam. What does she look like? I don't know her from Adam.See also: Adam, know, notup and at 'emFig. up and taking action. Dad woke me at seven, saying, "Up and at'em!" It's six-thirty. Time for us to be up and at 'em.See also: and, upnot know someone from AdamBe unable to recognize someone, as in Although I have worked here for two months, I've never seen the department head; I wouldn't know her from Adam . This term refers to the biblical story about the world's first human being. As at least one writer has pointed out, differentiating someone from Adam makes little sense since he had no name and wore only a fig leaf. [Mid-1800s] See also: Adam, know, not, someoneold as AdamAlso, old as the hills. Ancient, as in He must be as old as Adam by now, or That joke is as old as the hills. The first term, alluding to the first human created by God, according to the Bible, was first recorded only in 1867. The variant, referring to geological time (when mountains were created), dates from about 1800. See also: Adam, oldup and at 'emGet going, get busy, as in Up and at 'em-there's a lot of work to be done. This colloquial idiom, often uttered as a command, uses at 'em (for "at them") in the general sense of tackling a project, and not in reference to specific persons. See also: and, upnot know someone from Adam If you don't know someone from Adam, you do not know them at all. We have one contact, who is simply a voice on the phone to us. I don't know him from Adam. These people were friends of a friend, who didn't know me from Adam. Note: According to the Bible, Adam was the first human being. See also: Adam, know, not, someonenot know someone from Adam not know or be completely unable to recognize the person in question. informalSee also: Adam, know, not, someonethe old Adam unregenerate human nature. In Christian symbolism, the old Adam represents fallen man as contrasted with the second Adam , Jesus Christ. 1993 Outdoor Canada It is the Old Adam in us. We are descendants of a long line of dirt farmers, sheepherders…and so forth. See also: Adam, oldsweet Fanny Adams absolutely nothing at all. informal Fanny Adams was the youthful victim in a famous murder case in 1867 , her body being mutilated and cut to pieces by the killer. With gruesome black humour, her name came to be used as a slang term for a type of tinned meat or stew recently introduced to the Royal Navy; the current meaning developed early in the 20th century. Sweet Fanny Adams is often abbreviated in speech to sweet FA , which is understood by many to be a euphemism for sweet fuck all .See also: Adam, fanny, sweetnot know somebody from ˈAdam (informal) not know who somebody is: This man came into the office and he said that he knew me. I didn’t know him from Adam, which was a bit embarrassing.See also: Adam, know, not, somebodyAdam n. MDMA (3-4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine), Ecstasy. (see also the unrelated up an’ Adam.) She spent the early part of the evening trying to score some Adam. Adam Henry n. an AH = asshole, = jerk. Treated as a name. Why don’t you get some smarts, Adam Henry? See also: Adam, henryup and at them and up an’ at ’em and up an’ Adam phr. to get up and go at people or things; to get active and get busy. (Adam is a [purposeful] misunderstanding of at ’em.) Up and Adam! The sun is shining. See also: and, upup an’ Adam verbSee up and at themSee also: Adam, upas old as AdamExtremely ancient, well known long ago. The Adam reference, of course, is to the first book of the Bible, in which Adam is the first human being created by God. The OED traces the expression only to 1867. Similar clichés include old as the hills and from time immemorial. See also know (someone) from Adam.See also: Adam, olddon't know from AdamSee know from Adam. See also: Adam, knowknow (someone) from Adam, doesn't/not toNot acquainted with someone. The Adam referred to in this mid-nineteenth century term is the first human being according to the Book of Genesis. One writer suggests that the inability to recognize Adam is the height of foolishness, since he had no name and wore only a fig leaf, but this point does not seem particularly relevant. The French have a similar saying that includes Eve as well (“Je ne connais ni d’Eve ni d’Adam”).See also: know, notnot know from AdamSee know from Adam.See also: Adam, know, notup and at 'emGet going, become active. This interjection, from the late 1800s, is a kind of wake-up call. The at ’em, for “at them,” does not refer to any particular individuals but rather is used in the general sense of tackling some work or undertaking an activity. For example, “We only have a week to write the budget, so up and at ’em, fellows.”See also: and, upAdam's aleA jocular term for water, based on the strong likelihood that Adam hadn't discovered anything stronger (and they call the Garden of Eden a paradise?). Apparently no fans of alliterations, Scots used to refer to water as “Adam's beer.”See also: aleAdam's off oxAn unrecognizable person or thing. “I wouldn't know him from Adam's off ox” was the equivalent of the contemporary “I wouldn't know him from a hole in the ground.” Since horses and other beasts of transportation and burden are handled from the left side, the left side is referred to as their “near side” and the right side their “off ” side. Not to be able to distinguish between someone and the farther-away animal of the first man on Earth is indeed not too know very much at all about a personSee also: off, oxAdam
Adam, in genetics, popular term for a theoretical male ancestor of all living people; see EveEve,
in genetics, popular term for a theoretical female ancestor of all living people, also known as Mitochondrial Eve. In 1987 biochemist Allan C. Wilson proposed that all living human beings had inherited mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from a single woman.
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Adam, in the Bible, town on the upper Jordan.
Adam (ăd`əm), [Heb.,=man], in the Bible, the first man. In the Book of Genesis, God creates humankind in his image as a species of male and female, giving them dominion over other life. Elsewhere in Genesis, however, Adam is the personal name of the first man for whom the created order is then fashioned. From his body, EveEve
[Heb.,=life], in the Bible, the first woman, wife of Adam and the mother of Cain, Abel, and Seth. Fashioned from Adam's rib, she was beguiled by the serpent into eating the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge.
..... Click the link for more information. is made to be his helper and partner. After the Fall, i.e., their disobedience, they are expelled from the Garden of EdenEden,
in the Bible. 1 Son of Joah. 2 Priest. Perhaps this is the same as (1.) 3 See Eden, Garden of. 4 Unidentified trading center, possibly in Mesopotamia. 5 Place somewhere near Damascus.
..... Click the link for more information. . The Qur'an depicts Adam's creation and fall. These traditions led to the monotheistic ideas regarding sinsin,
in religion, unethical act. The term implies disobedience to a personal God, as in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, and is not used so often in systems such as Buddhism where there is no personal divinity.
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in Christian theology, the free favor of God toward humans, which is necessary for their salvation. A distinction is made between natural grace (e.g., the gift of life) and supernatural grace, by which God makes a person (born sinful because of original sin) capable of
..... Click the link for more information. . For examples of Jewish and Islamic legends about the biblical accounts, see LilithLilith
, female demon of Jewish mythology, originally probably the Assyrian storm demon Lilitu. In Talmudic tradition many evil attributes were given to this supposedly nocturnal creature. In Jewish folklore she is a vampirelike child-killer and the symbol of sensual lust.
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[Gr.,=things falsely ascribed], a collection of early Jewish and some Jewish-Christian writings composed between c.200 B.C. and c.A.D. 200, not found in the Bible or rabbinic writings.
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name given to a type of biblical criticism distinguished from textual or lower criticism. It seeks to interpret text of the Bible free from confessional and dogmatic theology.
..... Click the link for more information. regards chapters 1–4 of Genesis as the re-workings of Babylonian and Canaanite myths concerning creation. While the myths stress human servitude to the gods, Genesis places humankind at the center of the created order, over which it exercises dominion as God's agent.Adam (man in ancient Hebrew), the first man and the father of mankind in Jewish and Christian mythology. According to the Old Testament, god created Adam as the crowning act of the creation of the world. He created Adam in his own image and likeness from the dust of the earth, blew the “breath of life” into his nostrils, and gave him dominion over the earth and over everything that lives on earth. The Koran adopted the myth about Adam, and therefore the Muslims too consider Adam the first man. Many legends and traditions in apocryphal and postbiblical Judaic literature are connected with the name and image of Adam. M. I. ZAND Adamfirst man and progenitor of humanity. [O.T.: Genesis 5:1–5]See: Fatherhood
Adamin the Bible, the first man. [O.T.: Genesis 1:26–5:5]See: Firsts
Adamfamily retainer; offers Orlando his savings. [Br. Lit.: As You Like It]See: Loyalty
Adamcondemned to survive by sweat of brow. [O.T.: Genesis 3:19]See: PunishmentAdam11. Adolphe. 1803--56, French composer, best known for his romantic ballet Giselle (1841) 2. Robert. 1728--92, Scottish architect and furniture designer. Assisted by his brother, James, 1730--94, he emulated the harmony of classical and Italian Renaissance architecture 3. in the neoclassical style made popular by Robert Adam
Adam2 Old Testament the first man, created by God: the progenitor of the human race (Genesis 2--3)
Adam in the neoclassical style made popular by Robert Adam (1728--92), Scottish architect and furniture designer ADAMA Data Management systemAdam
Related to Adam: Adam and EveSynonyms for Adamnoun (Old Testament) in Judeo-Christian mythologyRelated Wordsnoun Scottish architect who designed many public buildings in England and Scotland (1728-1792)Synonymsnoun street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamineSynonyms- cristal
- disco biscuit
- hug drug
- XTC
- go
- X
- ecstasy
Related Words- MDMA
- methylenedioxymethamphetamine
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