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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