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Definition of Adam noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Adam

noun

/ˈædəm/

/ˈædəm/

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a first name for boys
Word Originfrom Hebrew 'ād̲ām ‘man’, later taken to be a name.

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not know somebody from Adam

(informal) to not know at all who somebody is

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