Adamant
21adamant — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin adamant , adamas hardest metal, diamond, from Greek Date: 14th century 1. a stone (as a diamond) formerly believed to be of impenetrable hardness 2. an unbreakable or extremely hard …
22Adamant — Diamant Demande de traduction Diamond → …
23adamant — adamancy /ad euh meuhn see/, adamance, n. adamantly, adv. /ad euh meuhnt, mant /, adj. 1. utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc. 2. too hard to cut, break, or pierce. n. 3. any impenetrably or… …
24adamant — 1. adjective resistant to reason; determined; inflexible; unshakeable; unyielding 2. noun a) a rock or mineral held by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the …
25adamant — adj. Adamant is used with these nouns: ↑refusal …
26adamant — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. adamantine, hard; inflexible, immovable, firm. See hardness, obstinacy. Ant., easygoing; yielding. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. fixed, inflexible, set, settled; see inflexible , resolute 2 . See… …
27adamant — adjective refusing to be persuaded or to change one s mind. noun archaic a legendary rock or mineral associated at times with both diamond and lodestones. Derivatives adamance noun adamancy noun adamantly adverb Origin OE (asnoun), from OFr.… …
28adamant — adjective he begged his mother to let him try out for the football team, but she was adamant Syn: unshakable, immovable, inflexible, unwavering, unswerving, uncompromising, insistent, resolute, resolved, determined, firm, steadfast; stubborn,… …
29adamant — [ˈædəmənt] adj determined not to change a belief or decision He was adamant that he was right.[/ex] adamantly adv …
30adamant — ad•a•mant [[t]ˈæd ə mənt, ˌmænt[/t]] adj. 1) utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion; inflexible 2) hard; adamantine 3) any unyieldingly hard substance 4) jew a legendary stone of impenetrable hardness, formerly sometimes identified with the… …
