Addams

[ ad-uhmz ]

noun

1. Charles (Samuel), 1912–88, U.S. cartoonist.
2. Jane, 1860–1935, U.S. social worker and writer: Nobel Peace Prize 1931.

Addams

/ ˈædəmz /

noun

1. AddamsJane18601935FUSSOCIAL SCIENCE: social reformerPOLITICS: feministPOLITICS: pacifist Jane. 1860–1935, US social reformer, feminist, and pacifist, who founded Hull House, a social settlement in Chicago: Nobel peace prize 1931

Example Sentences

The spooky, black and white video features Carey dressed as Morticia Addams from "The Addams Family."

From Salon

She dances with a man who plays Gomez Addams, Morticia's husband.

From Salon

While I absolutely recommend it, my heart lies with “Adult Wednesday Addams,” Melissa Hunter’s witty 2015 web series about the Addams daughter as a young woman making her way in the world — finding roommates, learning to drive, internet dating.

From Los Angeles Times

Most network sitcoms have fielded a Halloween episode, but none more appropriately than “The Addams Family.”

From Los Angeles Times

The sitcom, more than the Charles Addams cartoons that inspired it, provides the architecture upon which are built all subsequent Addams revivals and reimaginings, including, of course, “Wednesday,” the ongoing Netflix series that made an instant star of Jenna Ortega.

From Los Angeles Times