Adamov
noun
arthur. 1908–70, french dramatist, born in russia: one of the foremost exponents of the theatre of the absurd. his plays include le professeur taranne (1953), le ping-pong (1955), and le printemps ’71 (1960)
historical examples
adamov left the school with a gold medal and rose rapidly to a high place in the ministry of justice.
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adamov was a typical scholar of the hard-working kind, yet at the same time he had sthetic aspirations and tastes.
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of all his friends and acquaintances he now only kept up with apukhtin and adamov.
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