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James, 1730–94, and his brother Robert, 1728–92, English architects and furniture designers.
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a male given name.
adjective
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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.
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The old Adam
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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not know from Adam, to be unacquainted with: He says hello to us every morning, but we don't know him from Adam.
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the old Adam, the natural tendency toward sin: He attributed his wild outburst to the old Adam in him.
Origin:
< Hebrew ādhām literally, man
< Hebrew ādhām literally, man
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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
EXPANDman" + 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.
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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