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Etymology
From L. adamantem, accusative singular form of adamas "hard as steel", from AGr. < polytonic|�δάμα� (adamas) "invincible", from polytonic|�- (a-) "not" + polytonic|δαμάζ� (damazo) "I tame".
Adjective
en-adj
- resistant to reason; determined; inflexible; unshakeable; unyielding
Noun
en-noun
- a rock or mineral imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness
- an embodiment of impregnable hardness
- lodestone; magnet
Quotations
1956 � w:Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p 34
:Unprotected matter, however adamant, would have been ground to dust ages ago.
Derived terms
adamance n
adamantane a
adamantean a
adamantine a
adamantly adv
References
R:Webster 1913
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