Adam

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.
• Say Goddeſs, what enſu'd when Raphael, / The affable Arch-angel, had forewarn'd / Adam by dire example to beware / Apoſtaſie,

A male given name from Hebrew.

• Since then I have deciphered some more of Adam’s hieroglyphics, and think he has now become sufficiently important as a public character to justify this publication.
• What splendid names for boys there are! / There's Carol like a rolling car, / And Martin like a flying bird, / And Adam like the Lord's First Word,

Original sin or human frailty.figuratively

Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice, in Christian theology, makes possible the forgiveness of Adam's original sin.usually

• And so it is written: The first man Adam was made a liuing soule, the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
• Second Adam from above, Reinstate us in thy love.

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.
• McIntyre's best pieces, such as the fireplace in the Otis house, managed to convey both an opulent warmth and a restrained elegance, and compares favorably with the artistic saturnalia of an Adam fireplace.

An English surname originating as a patronymic.

A Scottish surname originating as a patronymic.

A French surname originating as a patronymic.

A German surname originating as a patronymic.

The drug ecstasy.slang

• I prefer to call it "Adam." "Ecstasy" is a beautiful word, but I think Ecstasy is a word more often used by people taking it for thrills.
• I heard people say they were taking "Adam." Is that the same drug or something different? Ecstasy goes by many different names […]