What does "adam" mean?
The day or night before an eve; two days or nights before a holiday, most commonly Christmas.
Adam
/ˈæd.əm/ name, noun
name, noun ·Moderate ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The day or night before an eve; two days or nights before a holiday, most commonly Christmas.
- Grammar: adam is listed as name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: animalism, animality, appellation, bestiality.
- Useful contrasts: anonymous, later man, second man.
- Usage evidence: Adam was furious with me when I broke his watch.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The day or night before an eve; two days or nights before a holiday, most commonly Christmas. US, humorous
- 2 street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine wordnet
Proper Noun
- 1 The first man and the progenitor of the human race.
"And Adam called his wiues name Eue, because she was the mother of all liuing."
- 2 A male given name from Hebrew.
"In his tall stalwartness Adam Bede was a Saxon, and justified his name; but the jet-black hair, made the more noticeable by its contrast with the light paper cap, and the keen glance of the dark eyes that shone from under strongly marked, proninent, and mobile eyebrows, indicated a mixture of Celtic blood."
- 3 Original sin or human frailty. figuratively
- 4 Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice, in Christian theology, makes possible the forgiveness of Adam's original sin.
"And so it is written: The first man Adam was made a liuing soule, the last Adam was made a quickening spirit."
- 5 Designating a neoclassical style of furniture and architecture in the style of Robert and James Adam.
"Inside were six-panelled doors, wide floor-boards, a curving colonial staircase, white Adam-period mantels, and a rear set of rooms three steps below the general level."
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- 6 First human and first nabi of Islam.
- 7 An English surname originating as a patronymic.
- 8 A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.
- 9 A French surname originating as a patronymic.
- 10 A German surname originating as a patronymic.
Example
"Adam was furious with me when I broke his watch."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "adam"?
Common synonyms include: animalism, animality, appellation, bestiality, brutality, carnality.
How do you use "adam" in a sentence?
Adam was furious with me when I broke his watch.
How do you pronounce "adam"?
Pronounced /ˈæd.əm/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English Adam, from Old English Adam, from Latin Adam, Adamus, from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), Ἄδαμος (Ádamos), from Biblical Hebrew אָדָם (adam, “earth, man, soil, light brown”), from אדמה (adamah, “red earth, ground”).
Etymology 2
From Adam in Adam and Eve as opposed to eve.