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Ad⋅am

  [ad-uhm for 1, 3, 5–6; a-dahn for 2, 4]
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–noun
1. the name of the first man: husband of Eve and progenitor of the human race. Gen. 2:7; 5:1–5.
2. A⋅dolphe Charles  [a-dawlf sharl] , 1803–56, French composer of comic opera and ballet music.
3. James, 1730–94, and his brother Robert, 1728–92, English architects and furniture designers.
4. Lam⋅bert Si⋅gis⋅bert  [lahn-ber see-zheez-ber] , 1700–59, and his brother Ni⋅cho⋅las Sé⋅bas⋅tien  [nee-kaw-lah sey-bahs-tyan] , 1705–78, French sculptors.
5. a male given name.
–adjective
6. of or pertaining to the style of architecture, decoration, or furnishings associated with Robert and James Adam, characterized by free adaptation of ancient Roman forms and interiors treated with delicate ornament generally painted in light, vivid colors.
—Idioms
7. not know from Adam, to be unacquainted with: He says hello to us every morning, but we don't know him from Adam.
8. the old Adam, the natural tendency toward sin: He attributed his wild outburst to the old Adam in him.
Origin:
< Heb ādhām lit., man
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Adam

  1. n.
    MDMA (3-4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine), Ecstasy. (Drugs. See also the unrelated up an' Adam.) : She spent the early part of the evening trying to score some Adam.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

Adam 
Biblical name of the first man, from Heb. adam "man," lit. "(the one formed from the) ground" (Heb. adamah "ground"); cf. L. homo "man," humanus "human," humus "earth, ground, soil." Adam's apple (1755) perhaps is an inexact translation of Heb. tappuah haadam, lit. "man's swelling," from ha-adam "the man" + tappuah "anything swollen." The allusion is to the fact that a piece of the forbidden fruit (commonly believed to be an apple) that Eve gave Adam is supposed to have stuck in his throat. To not know (someone) from Adam "not know him at all" is first recorded 1784.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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