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Adamsian en · ADJ

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 -s English Adams Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Adamsian From Adams + -ian.

Meanings

1. Of or relating to Douglas Adams (1952–2001), English writer, humorist, and dramatist.
   • In the Adamsian worldview the legendary four horsemen, were they to arrive at all, would be far more worried about whether they ought to stop off for a hamburger before getting on with the job than anything to do with their actual work[…] 1995, Brian M. Stableford, Algebraic Fantasies and Realistic Romances:
   • Other Adamsian enthusiasms included: fast cars; restaurants; Bach, the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Dire Straits; […] 2012, Nicholas Joll, Philosophy and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, page 23:
   • one of the greatest pieces of Adamsian whimsy in existence 2005, Douglas Adams, Dirk Maggs, Bruce Hyman, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Scripts, page 222:

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