In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
ADAMANTINE
adamant, adamantine, inexorable, intransigent
(adjective) impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; “he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind”; “Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him”- W.Churchill; “an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency”
adamantine
(adjective) having the hardness of a diamond
adamantine
(adjective) consisting of or having the hardness of adamant
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
adamantine (comparative more adamantine, superlative most adamantine)
Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated.
Like the diamond in hardness or luster.
Anagrams
• amantadine, diamantane
Source: Wiktionary
Ad`a*man"tine, a. Etym: [L. adamantinus, Gr.
1. Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains.
2. (Min.)
Definition: Like the diamond in hardness or luster.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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