old Adam
noun
(in Christian theology) human nature lacking in grace; humans in their unredeemed state.
Origin of old Adam
1First recorded in 1540–50
- Also called old man.
Words Nearby old Adam
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How to use old Adam in a sentence
Then the old Adam broke out, and he made what he called a "camp-fire" at the bottom of the garden.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard Kiplingold Adam wanted two thousand dollars, they say, if he could only get them; but he could not, not a rap.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandWe are born the sons of the old Adam as we are re-born the sons of the New.
The Chalice Of Courage | Cyrus Townsend BradyBeneath his frosted exterior there was a good deal of the old Adam yet.
Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] | J. Ewing RitchieIf a boy had behaved as I did, it would have been called the "old Adam" in him.
Daisy | Miranda Eliot Swan
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