adán

/aˈdan/ · B2 · noun · m

shabby, unkempt or shoddy person

🧥 Adán = Adam, the first man: no tailor, no style, just a scruffy fellow

Spanish adán comes from Adam, the biblical first man, who had no proper clothes or grooming. The name became a label for a person who is untidy, shabby and careless about appearance.

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