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As proper nouns the difference between adam and justin

is that adam is the first man and the progenitor of the human race while Justin is a given name derived from Latin. Popular in the English-speaking world since the 1970s.

adam

English

(wikipedia Adam)

Proper noun

(s)
  • (Abrahamic religions) The first man and the progenitor of the human race.
  • * 1611 — 3:20
    • And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
  • * 1667 — , Book VII
    • Say Goddess, what ensu’d when Raphael, / The affable Arch-Angel, had forewarn'd / Adam by dire example to beware / Apostasie,
  • .
  • * 1859 — , ch 1
    • Adam Bede was a Saxon, and justified his name; but the jet-black hair, made the more noticeable by its contrast with the light paper cap, and the keen glance of the dark eyes that shone from under strongly marked, prominent and mobile eyebrows, indicated a mixture of Celtic blood.
  • * 1904 —
    • 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.
  • * 1933 — , Over the Garden Wall , Faber and Faber 1933, page 90 ("Boys' Names")
    • 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,
  • (figuratively) Original sin or human frailty.
  • (with'' second ''or last) Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice, in Christian theology, makes possible the forgiveness of Adam's original sin.
  • * 1611 — 15:45
    • And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
  • * 1739 —
    • 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.
  • * 1936 , (HP Lovecraft), ‘The Haunter of the Dark’:
    • 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.

    • Derived terms

    * Adam and Eve * Adamesque * Adamhood * Adamic, Adamical * Adamite * Adamitism * Adam's ale * * Adam's apple * Adam's flannel * Adam's morsel * Adam's needle * * Adam's wine * apple of Adam * (diminutive) * as old as Adam, old as Adam * co-Adamite * not know someone from Adam * Old Adam * pre-Adamite * since Adam was a boy

    Related terms

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    See also

    * Eve * * * Edom ----

    justin

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • . Popular in the English-speaking world since the 1970s.
  • * 1892 Alfred Emanuel Smith: New Outlook . Outlook Publishing Co.,1925. page 43:
    • What is there, I wonder, about the name Justin' that gives its bearer the quality of leadership? '''Justin''' Morrill was a leader of men. ' Justin Morgan was a leader of horses.
  • * 1996 Sherman Alexie: Indian Killer ISBN 0-87113-652-X page 102:
    • 'It says here his name was Justin Summers. Now, if that ain't the whitest white-guy name of all time, then I don't know what. It's just a damn shame.'

    Related terms

    * Justine * Justinian * Justus