plural of adamancy

In an Adamic manner.

(derogatory, offensive) Only heterosexual relations are normal.

(humorous, often attributive) A phrase, often satirical, recasting the Biblical couple of Adam and Eve as a homosexual couple, Adam and Steve. In context, it may be used as a pejorative against either homosexuality or religious opposition to it.

(Cockney rhyming slang) To believe.

The first man and woman, respectively, according to the Book of Genesis.

The puttyroot (Aplectrum hyemale).

(anatomy) The lump in the throat, usually more noticeable in men than in women; the laryngeal prominence. / Tabernaemontana divaricata, a fragrant houseplant native to southeast Asia.

(humorous, idiomatic) Water.

(idiomatic, archaic, thieves' cant and slang) A pickpocket's accomplice; the person who takes the goods a pickpocket steals and leaves with them.