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1. (adj.) adamantine
utterly unyielding or firm; hard.
2. adamantine
like a diamond in luster.
Etymology: (1200–1250; ME < L adamantinus < Gk adamántinos. See adamant , -ine1)
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| Definition of 'adamantine' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) adamantine
consisting of or having the hardness of adamant
2. (adj) adamantine
having the hardness of a diamond
3. (adj) adamant, adamantine, inexorable, intransigent
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"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) adamantine
made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains
2. (adj) adamantine
like the diamond in hardness or luster
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