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Date "ADAM'S" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Sharpness | Point, spike, spine, spicule, spiculum; needle, hypodermic needle, tack, nail, pin; prick, prickle; spur, rowel, barb; spit, cusp; horn, antler; snag; tag thorn, bristle; Adam's needle, bear grass, tine, yucca. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: ADAM'S |
| English words defined with "ADAM'S": corrupt ♦ Eve ♦ Socinianism ♦ Throatboll. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ADAM'S": ADAM'S ALE, Adam's Needle. ♦ FORMA ♦ Jambuscha ♦ Kaaba ♦ RIB ♦ Tree of the knowledge of good and evil. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Men have Adam's apples. (Victor/Victoria; writing credit: Blake Edwards; Hans Hoemburg) Believe me, relationships don't make U-turns and Adam's a drunk. (Valentine; writing credit: Donna Powers) If that's his adam's apple, he's got yellow fever. (A Day at the Races; writing credit: Robert Pirosh; George Seaton) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Adam's Rib (1973) Through Adam's Eyes (1977) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Vase on pedestal, copied from Robert Adam's Works in architecture. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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John Locke | 1690 | But his offspring having another way of entrance into the world, different from him, by a natural birth, that produced them ignorant and without the use of reason, they were not presently under that law; for no body can be under a law, which is not promulgated to him; and this law being promulgated or made known by reason only, he that is not come to the use of his reason, cannot be said to be under this law; and Adam's children, being not presently as soon as born under this law of reason, were not presently free: for law, in its true notion, is not so much the limitation as the direction of a free and intelligent agent to his proper interest, and prescribes no farther than is for the general good of those under that law: could they be happier without it, the law, as an useless thing, would of itself vanish; and that ill deserves the name of confinement which hedges us in only from bogs and precipices. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | FORMA :PAUPERIS:. [Latin] In the character of a poor person -- a method by which a litigant without money for lawyers is considerately permitted to lose his case. When Adam long ago in Cupid's awful court (For Cupid ruled ere Adam was invented) Sued for Eve's favor, says an ancient law report, He stood and pleaded unhabilimented. "You sue in forma pauperis, I see," Eve cried; "Actions can't here be that way prosecuted." So all poor Adam's motions coldly were denied: He went away -- as he had come -- nonsuited. G.J. |
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Dennis Miller | Completely overlooks the threat posed by people with a parachute around their nipples and a lemon zester dangling from their Adam's apples. |
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Expressions using "ADAM'S": Adam's ale ♦ Adam's apple ♦ Adam's flannel ♦ Adam's needle ♦ Adam's Peak ♦ adam's wine. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "ADAM'S"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | komhalertjie (Adam's apple), adamsappel (Adam's apple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | arrëz e fytit (adam's apple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | آدم النزعة البشرية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | юка (adam's needle, yucca), гръклян (adam's apple, throat, throttle, weasand), вода (adam's wine), адамова ябълка (adam's apple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | adamovo jablko (adam's apple, apple of adam), ohryzek (adam's apple, core). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | adamsaeble (Adam's apple, laryngeal prominence), adamsæble (Adam's apple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | adamsappel (Adam's apple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | gorĝnodo (Adam's apple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | adamique. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Adamsapfel (adam's apple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καρύδι του λαιμού (adam's apple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פיקת "'רון (adam's apple, largyngeal), 'ר'רת (adam's apple, larynx, throat, trachea, windpipe). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ádámcsutka (Adam's apple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | pomo d'Adamo (adam's apple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 喉仏 (Adam's apple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | のどぼとけ (Adam's apple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | ooyl ny scoarnee (Adam's apple), cront ny scoarnee (Adam's apple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | adam'say pomo de adão (adam's apple). (various references) apã (adam's ale, adam's wine, Aqua, ocean, river, saliva, sea, stream, water, waters, waves). (various references) кадык (adam's apple). (various references) adamova jabučica (adam's apple). (various references) garahuro (Adam's apple). (various references) agua (adam's ale, Aqua, water), nuez de adán (adam's apple), nuez (cobnut, nut, walnut), bocado de Adán (Adam's apple, Adams'apple, laryngeal prominence). (various references) adamsäpple (adam's apple). (various references) adem elması (adam's apple), su (adam's ale, Aqua, aquatic, aqueous, bourn, Bourne, hydric oxide, hydro-, juice, water), gırtlak çıkıntısı (adam's apple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 5, Verse 5 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai egenonto pasai ai hmerai adam aV ezhsen ennakosia kai triakonta eth kai apeqanen |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et factum est omne tempus quod vixit Adam anni nongenti triginta et mortuus est |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Wæs þa geworden eal þe timæ þe Adam leofode nigon hund geara ond xxx geare; ond he þa forðferde. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And al the tyme is maad in the which Adam lyuede nyne hundrid and thritti yeer, and deed he is. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And all the dayes of Adam which he lyved were .ix. hundred and .xxx. yere and then he dyed. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And all the years of Adam's life were nine hundred and thirty: and he came to his end. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 5, Verse 5 |
| Cebuano | Ug ang tanan nga mga adlaw sa kinabuhi ni Adam siyam ka gatus ug katloan ka tuig, ug namatay siya. |
| Croatian | Adam poživje u svemu devet stotina i trideset godina. Potom umrije. |
| Dutch | Zo waren al de dagen van Adam, die hij leefde, negenhonderd jaren, en dertig jaren; en hij stierf. |
| Finnish | Niin oli Aadamin koko elinaika yhdeksänsataa kolmekymmentä vuotta; sitten hän kuoli. |
| French | Tous les jours qu`Adam vécut furent de neuf cent trente ans; puis il mourut. |
| German | daß sein ganzes Alter ward neunhundertunddreißig Jahre, und starb. |
| Hungarian | És lõn Ádám egész életének ideje kilenczszáz harmincz esztendõ; és meghala. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka panjang umur Adam itu sekalian sembilan ratus tiga puluh tahun, lalu matilah ia. |
| Italian | L'intera vita di Adamo fu di novecentotrenta anni; poi morì. |
| Maori | Na ko nga ra katoa i ora ai a Arama e iwa rau e toru tekau tau: a ka mate ia. |
| Norwegian | Og alle Adams levedager blev ni hundre og tretti år; så døde han. |
| Portuguese | Todos os dias que Adão viveu foram novecentos e trinta anos; e morreu. |
| Rumanian | Toate zilele pe cari le -a trqit Adam, au fost de nouq sute trei zeci de ani; apoi a murit. |
| Russian | чУЕИ ЦЕ "ОЕК ЦЙЪОЙ б"БНПЧПК 'ЩМП "ЕЧСФШУПФ ФТЙ""БФШ МЕФ; Й ПО ХНЕТ. |
| Swedish | Alltså blev Adams hela levnadsålder nio hundra trettio år; därefter dog han. |
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Misspellings | |
"ADAM'S" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adam'sa, Adanas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "'-a-a-d-m-s" | |
-2 letters: amas, dams, mads. | |
-3 letters: aas, ads, ama, dam, mad, mas, sad. | |
-4 letters: aa, ad, am, as, ma. | |
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