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Adam
Adam (in the biblical and Koranic traditions) the name of the first man. According to the Book of Genesis, Adam was created by God as the progenitor of the human race and lived with Eve in the garden of Eden.
In the Bible the Book of Genesis describes how Adam was formed from the dust of the ground and God's breath; Eve, the first woman, was created from one of Adam's ribs as his companion. They lived together in the Garden of Eden until the serpent tempted Eve to eat an apple from the forbidden tree; she persuaded Adam to do the same. As a result of this original sin of disobedience they were both expelled from the garden. Adam comes from Hebrew 'āḏām ‘man’, later taken to be a name. Adam's apple the projection formed in the neck by the thyroid cartilage, named from the belief that a piece of the forbidden fruit became lodged in Adam's throat. Adam's rib the rib from which Eve was formed, as in Genesis 2:22. the old Adam the unregenerate condition or character, and depends on the identification of Adam as the figure referred to by St Paul in Romans 6:6. when Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman? popular rhyme particularly associated with the itinerant preacher John Ball, a leader of the 1381 ‘Peasants' Revolt’, who used it to incite the people against their feudal lords. See also second Adam. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Adam." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Adam." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Adam.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Adam." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-Adam.html |
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Will Adams
Will Adams (William Adams), 1564?–1620, first Englishman to visit Japan. As pilot of a Dutch ship searching for gold and trade, he reached Japan in 1600. At first imprisoned and sentenced to death, Adams was released by the shogun Ieyasu , and soon became one of his favorites, advising him on navigation, trade, and Western affairs. The Japanese used vessels constructed under his direction for many of their longer voyages. Adams attempted to foster trade relations with England, and he made trading trips to the Ryukyu Islands, Siam, and Cochin China. He married a Japanese woman, acquired a Japanese name (Anjin Sama, or Mr. Pilot), was named an honorary samurai, and was given an estate at Yokosuka. Western trade with Japan was largely maintained by dint of his close relationship with the shogun. Shortly after Adams's death, foreign trade was prohibited and Japan was closed to the West until the arrival of Matthew Perry more than 200 more years later. Adams's story forms the basis of James Clavell's novel Shogun (1975).
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"Will Adams." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Will Adams." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Adams-Wi.html "Will Adams." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Adams-Wi.html |
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Adam
Adam (Heb., ‘man’), In W. tradition, the first human being. According to the first creation account in Genesis, Adam was created in the image of God (1. 27) on the final day of creation. In Genesis 2, he is said to have been made from the dust of the earth (Heb., adamah, ‘earth’) and to have become a living soul after God had breathed into him (2. 7) As a result of disobedience God punished them by evicting them from the Garden of Eden and condemning the man to toil for his living (Genesis 2. 5–3. 24). Despite the punishment, Judaism does not understand the fall of Adam as having created a radical fault, as does Christianity, requiring the second Adam (i.e., Christ) to deal with the fault and its effects. The ‘fall’ is a fall upwards, into new opportunities of action and knowledge.
In Islam, Adam is not only the first human being but the first prophet, entrusted by Allāh with a message for humankind. Allāh is said to have made a covenant with Adam and with his descendants (7. 172), and he is thus in a special sense the father of all humankind. |
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JOHN BOWKER. "Adam." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Adam." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Adam.html JOHN BOWKER. "Adam." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Adam.html |
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Adam
Adam ♂ In the Bible, the name of the first man (Genesis 2–3). It probably derives from Hebrew adama ‘earth’ it is a common feature of creation legends that God or a god fashioned the first human beings from earth or clay and breathed life into them. The name was subsequently borne by a 7th-century Irish abbot of Fermo in Italy. It has been very popular in the English-speaking world since the 1960s. In Hebrew it is a generic term for ‘man’ (Genesis 5:2) and has never been considered a personal name, although Hava ‘Eve’ has enjoyed popularity as a Jewish name.
Cognates: Irish: Ádhamh. Scottish Gaelic: Àdhamh. German, Dutch: Adam. French: Adam. Spanish: Adán. Portuguese: Adão. Italian: Adamo. Polish: Adam. Finnish: Aatami. Hungarian: Ádám. |
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Adam." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Adam." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Adam2.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Adam." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Adam2.html |
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Adam
Adam. According to the Biblical story, the first human being. In Genesis there are two accounts of his creation. In 1: 26–31, he was created on the sixth day, made in the image and likeness of God, commanded to multiply, and given dominion over the earth. Gen. 2: 5–7 assigns his creation to the time when the earth was still void. Eve, we are told, was created from Adam's rib. When they had disobeyed God's command by eating the forbidden fruit (the Fall), they were expelled from the Garden of Eden, and on Adam was imposed toilsome labour and on Eve the pains of childbirth. Traditional theology has utilized the Scriptural statements about Adam in its doctrine of man and his relation to God. See SECOND ADAM.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Adam." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Adam." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Adam.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Adam." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Adam.html |
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adamant
adamant hard rock or mineral, now only as a symbol of extreme hardness (cf. Ezek. 3: 9); †diamond; †loadstone. XIV. — OF. — L. adamant- — Gr. adámās, adamant-, orig. adj. ‘invincible’, f. A-4 + damân TAME. The sense ‘magnet, loadstone’ arose from assoc. of medL. adamās with L. adamāre have a strong liking for. Cf. DIAMOND.
So adamantine XIII. — L. |
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T. F. HOAD. "adamant." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "adamant." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-adamant.html T. F. HOAD. "adamant." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-adamant.html |
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adamant
ad·a·mant / ˈadəmənt/ • adj. refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind: he is adamant that he is not going to resign. • n. archaic a legendary rock or mineral to which many, often contradictory, properties were attributed. DERIVATIVES: ad·a·mance n. ad·a·man·cy / -mənsē/ n. ad·a·mant·ly adv. |
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"adamant." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "adamant." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-adamant.html "adamant." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-adamant.html |
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Adam
Ad·am / ˈadəm/ (in the biblical and Koranic traditions) the first man. According to the Book of Genesis, Adam was created by God as the progenitor of the human race and lived with Eve in the Garden of Eden. PHRASES: not know someone from Adam not know or be completely unable to recognize the person in question. |
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"Adam." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Adam." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-adam.html "Adam." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-adam.html |
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Adam
Adam, the name given to a 12th-cent. Anglo-Norman play in octosyllabics probably written in England c.1140. There are three scenes: the Fall and expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise; Cain and Abel; and a Prophets' Play. It is regarded as important in the evolution of the medieval mystery plays in England.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Adam." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Adam." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Adam.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Adam." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Adam.html |
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Adam." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Adam." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Adam1.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Adam." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Adam1.html |
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Adam
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"Adam." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Adam." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Adam-plac.html "Adam." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Adam-plac.html |
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Adam
Adam ♂ (French) Biblical.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Adam." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Adam." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Adam.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Adam." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Adam.html |
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Adam
Adam ♂ (French) Biblical.
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PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Adam." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Adam." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Adam1.html PATRICK HANKS, KATE HARDCASTLE, and FLAVIA HODGES. "Adam." A Dictionary of First Names. 2006. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O41-Adam1.html |
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Adam
Adam
•jeroboam, Noam, Siloam
•brougham
•residuum, triduum
•continuum • Brabham • album
•sachem • Beecham • Mitchum
•Adam, macadam, madam, Madame
•avizandum, fandom, memorandum, nil desperandum, random, tandem
•tarmacadam
•shahdom, stardom, tsardom
•beldam, seldom
•addendum, corrigendum, referendum
•heirdom • sheikhdom • Gaeldom
•thanedom • saintdom
•Edom, freedom, Needham
•chiefdom, fiefdom
•queendom • heathendom
•crippledom • officialdom • Wyndham
•Christendom • kingdom • princedom
•wisdom • fogeydom • yuppiedom
•rodham, Sodom
•condom
•boredom, whoredom
•thraldom • Oldham • popedom
•dukedom
•Carborundum, corundum
•poppadom • pauperdom • martyrdom
•reductio ad absurdum • serfdom
•earldom
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"Adam." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 25 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Adam." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 25, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Adam.html "Adam." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 25, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-Adam.html |
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adamant
adamant
•abeyant, mayn't
•ambient, circumambient
•gradient, irradiant, radiant
•expedient, ingredient, mediant, obedient
•valiant • salient • resilient • emollient
•defoliant • ebullient • suppliant
•convenient, intervenient, lenient, prevenient
•sapient
•impercipient, incipient, percipient, recipient
•recreant • variant • miscreant
•Orient • nutrient
•esurient, luxuriant, parturient, prurient
•nescient, prescient
•omniscient • insouciant • renunciant
•officiant • negotiant • deviant
•subservient • transient
•affiant, Bryant, client, compliant, defiant, giant, pliant, reliant
•buoyant, clairvoyant, flamboyant
•fluent, pursuant, truant
•affluent • effluent • mellifluent
•confluent • circumfluent • congruent
•issuant • continuant • constituent
•lambent • absorbent
•incumbent, recumbent
•couchant • merchant • hadn't
•ardent, guardant, regardant
•pedant
•appendant, ascendant, attendant, codependent, defendant, descendant, descendent, intendant, interdependent, pendant, pendent, splendent, superintendent, transcendent
•antecedent, decedent, needn't, precedent
•didn't • diffident • confident
•accident • dissident
•coincident, incident
•oxidant • evident
•improvident, provident
•president, resident
•strident, trident
•co-respondent, correspondent, despondent, fondant, respondent
•accordant, concordant, discordant, mordant, mordent
•rodent
•imprudent, jurisprudent, prudent, student
•couldn't, shouldn't, wouldn't
•impudent
•abundant, redundant
•decadent • verdant • infant • elephant
•triumphant • sycophant • elegant
•fumigant • congregant • litigant
•termagant • arrogant • extravagant
•pageant
•cotangent, plangent, tangent
•argent, Sargent, sergeant
•agent • newsagent • regent
•astringent, contingent, stringent
•indigent • intelligent • negligent
•diligent • intransigent • exigent
•cogent
•effulgent, fulgent, indulgent
•pungent
•convergent, detergent, divergent, emergent, insurgent, resurgent, urgent
•bacchant • peccant • vacant • piquant
•predicant • mendicant • significant
•applicant • supplicant • communicant
•lubricant • desiccant • intoxicant
•gallant, talent
•appellant, propellant, propellent, repellent, water-repellent
•resemblant
•assailant, inhalant
•sealant • sibilant • jubilant
•flagellant • vigilant • pestilent
•silent
•Solent, volant
•coolant • virulent • purulent
•ambulant, somnambulant
•coagulant • crapulent • flatulent
•feculent • esculent • petulant
•stimulant • flocculent • opulent
•postulant • fraudulent • corpulent
•undulant
•succulent, truculent
•turbulent • violent • redolent
•indolent • somnolent • excellent
•insolent • nonchalant
•benevolent, malevolent, prevalent
•ambivalent, equivalent
•garment • clement • segment
•claimant, clamant, payment, raiment
•ailment
•figment, pigment
•fitment • aliment • element
•oddment
•dormant, informant
•moment • adamant • stagnant
•lieutenant, pennant, subtenant, tenant
•pregnant, regnant
•remnant • complainant
•benignant, indignant, malignant
•recombinant • contaminant
•eminent
•discriminant, imminent
•dominant, prominent
•illuminant, ruminant
•determinant • abstinent
•continent, subcontinent
•appurtenant, impertinent, pertinent
•revenant
•component, deponent, exponent, opponent, proponent
•oppugnant, repugnant
•immanent
•impermanent, permanent
•dissonant • consonant • alternant
•covenant • resonant • rampant
•discrepant • flippant • participant
•occupant • serpent
•apparent, arrant, transparent
•Arendt
•aberrant, deterrent, errant, inherent, knight-errant
•entrant
•declarant, parent
•grandparent • step-parent
•godparent
•flagrant, fragrant, vagrant
•registrant • celebrant • emigrant
•immigrant • ministrant • aspirant
•antiperspirant • recalcitrant
•integrant • tyrant • vibrant • hydrant
•migrant, transmigrant
•abhorrent, torrent, warrant
•quadrant • figurant • obscurant
•blackcurrant, concurrent, currant, current, occurrent, redcurrant
•white currant • cross-current
•undercurrent
•adherent, coherent, sederunt
•exuberant, protuberant
•reverberant • denaturant
•preponderant • deodorant
•different, vociferant
•belligerent, refrigerant
•accelerant • tolerant • cormorant
•itinerant • ignorant • cooperant
•expectorant • adulterant
•irreverent, reverent
•nascent, passant
•absent
•accent, relaxant
•acquiescent, adolescent, albescent, Besant, coalescent, confessant, convalescent, crescent, depressant, effervescent, erubescent, evanescent, excrescent, flavescent, fluorescent, immunosuppressant, incandescent, incessant, iridescent, juvenescent, lactescent, liquescent, luminescent, nigrescent, obsolescent, opalescent, pearlescent, phosphorescent, pubescent, putrescent, quiescent, suppressant, tumescent, turgescent, virescent, viridescent
•adjacent, complacent, obeisant
•decent, recent
•impuissant, reminiscent
•Vincent • puissant
•beneficent, maleficent
•magnificent, munificent
•Millicent • concupiscent • reticent
•docent
•lucent, translucent
•discussant, mustn't
•innocent
•conversant, versant
•consentient, sentient, trenchant
•impatient, patient
•ancient • outpatient
•coefficient, deficient, efficient, proficient, sufficient
•quotient • patent
•interactant, reactant
•disinfectant, expectant, protectant
•repentant • acceptant
•contestant, decongestant
•sextant
•blatant, latent
•intermittent
•assistant, coexistent, consistent, distant, equidistant, existent, insistent, persistent, resistant, subsistent, water-resistant
•instant
•cohabitant, habitant
•exorbitant • militant • concomitant
•impenitent, penitent
•palpitant • crepitant • precipitant
•competent, omnicompetent
•irritant • incapacitant • Protestant
•hesitant • visitant • mightn't • octant
•remontant • constant
•important, oughtn't
•accountant • potent
•mutant, pollutant
•adjutant • executant • disputant
•reluctant
•consultant, exultant, resultant
•combatant • omnipotent • impotent
•inadvertent
•Havant, haven't, savant, savante
•advent
•irrelevant, relevant
•pursuivant • solvent • convent
•adjuvant
•fervent, observant, servant
•manservant • maidservant
•frequent, sequent
•delinquent • consequent
•subsequent • unguent • eloquent
•grandiloquent, magniloquent
•brilliant • poignant • hasn't
•bezant, omnipresent, peasant, pheasant, pleasant, present
•complaisant • malfeasant • isn't
•cognizant • wasn't • recusant
•doesn't
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