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Webster 1913 Edition

Adam

Ad′am

,
Noun.
1.
The name given in the Bible to the first man, the progenitor of the human race.
2.
(As a symbol)
“Original sin;” human frailty.
And whipped the offending
Adam
out of him.
Shakespeare
Adam’s ale
,
water.
[Coll.]
–
Adam's apple
.
1.
(Bot.)
(a)
A species of banana (
Musa paradisiaca
). It attains a height of twenty feet or more.
Paxton.
(b)
A species of lime (
Citris limetta
).
2.
The projection formed by the thyroid cartilage in the neck. It is particularly prominent in males, and is so called from a notion that it was caused by the forbidden fruit (an apple) sticking in the throat of our first parent.
–
Adam's flannel
(Bot.)
,
the mullein (
Verbascum thapsus
).
–
Adam's needle
(Bot.)
,
the popular name of a genus (
Yucca
) of liliaceous plants.

Webster 1828 Edition

Adam

AD'AM

,
Noun.
In Heb., Man; primarily, the name of the human species, mankind; appropriately, the first Man, the progenitor of the human race. The word signifies form, shape, or suitable form, hence, species. It is evidently connected with Heb., to be like or equal, to form an image, to assimilate. Whence the sense of likeness, image, form, shape; Gr., a body, like. [See Man.]
Adam's apple, a species of citron [See Citron] also the prominent part of the throat.
Ad'am's needle, the popular name of the yucca, a plant of four species, cultivated in gardens. Of the roots, the Indians made a kind of bread. [See Yucca.]

Definition 2024

ādām

ādām

See also: adam, adām, Adam, Ádam, Âdam, Ádám, and A'dam

Latvian

Noun

ādām f

  1. dative plural form of āda
  2. instrumental plural form of āda

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