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Vinony

Adams

proper noun

  1. family name
  2. place name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈædəmz/

name

Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

  1. plural of Adam

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *ʔadam- Hebrew אָדָםbor. Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám)bor. Latin Ādāmlbor. Old English Adam Middle English Adam English Adam English -s English Adams From Adam + -s. (fishing fly): Named after Charles Adams, who asked his friend Leonard Halladay to design the fly.

  1. A kind of dry fly primarily used for trout.

    “Although I still carry traditionally tied Adamses and a few Ginger Quills and the like, I now fish paraduns almost exclusively when […]”