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1Adamant — Adamantand similar words are used to refer to any especially hard substance, whether composed of diamond, some other gemstone, or some type of metal. Both adamant and diamond derive from the Greek word αδαμας ( adamas ), meaning untameable .… …
2adamant — /ˈædəmənt / (say aduhmuhnt) adjective 1. firm in purpose or opinion; unyielding. 2. hard as adamant; adamantine. –noun 3. (in ancient times) some impenetrably hard substance, variously identified later as the diamond or the lodestone. {Latin… …
3adamant — 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 …
4adamant — [adj1] unyielding determined, firm, fixed, hanging tough*, hard nosed, immovable, inexorable, inflexible, insistent, intransigent, obdurate, pat*, relentless, resolute, rigid, set, set in stone*, standing pat*, stiff, stubborn, unbendable,… …
5Adamant (disambiguation) — Adamant is a poetic term used to refer to any especially hard substance. It may also refer to:* Adamant , an iron barque (sailing ship) that brought immigrants to New Zealand in the late 19th century. * Adam Adamant Lives! , a BBC television… …
6adamant — [ad′ə mənt, ad′əmant΄] n. [ME & OFr < L adamas (gen. adamantis), the hardest metal < Gr adamas (gen. adamantos) < a , not + daman, to subdue: see TAME] 1. in ancient times, a hard stone or substance that was supposedly unbreakable 2. Old …
7adamant — Its use as an adjective meaning ‘stubbornly unshakeable or inflexible’ is surprisingly recent (1930s); as a noun meaning a hard rock or mineral it goes back to the time of King Alfred, originally as a vague term often imbued with fabulous… …
8hard-line — [adj] firm adamant, hard boiled*, hard core, hard nosed*, inflexible, militant, stand pat*, staunch, steadfast, stern, stiff, strict, unbending, uncompromising, ungiving, unyielding; concepts 267,403,542 …
9adamant — I adjective callous, firm, frozen, hard hearted, immovable, immutable, implacable, inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, irreconcilable, merciless, obdurate, persistent, pertinacious, resolute, rigid, stationary, stiff, stubborn, tough …
10adamant — {{11}}adamant (adj.) late 14c., hard, unbreakable, from ADAMANT (Cf. adamant) (n.). Figurative sense of unshakeable first recorded 1670s. Related: Adamantly; adamance. {{12}}adamant (n.) mid 14c., from O.Fr. adamant and directly from L. adamantem …
