Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
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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