adamant

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Quotations 1.5 Derived terms 1.6 References

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin adamantem, accusative singular form of adamās (“‘hard as steel’”) < Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adamas), “‘invincible’”) < ἀ- (a-), “‘not’”) + δαμάζω (damazo), “‘I tame’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adjective

adamant (comparative more adamant, superlative most adamant)

1. resistant to reason; determined; inflexible; unshakeable; unyielding

[edit] Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:obstinate

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[edit] Noun

adamant (plural adamants)

1. a rock or mineral held by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness
2. an embodiment of impregnable hardness
3. lodestone; magnet

[edit] Quotations

• 1956 — Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p 34

  Unprotected matter, however adamant, would have been ground to dust ages ago.

[edit] Derived terms

• adamance n
• adamantane a
• adamantean a
• adamantine a
• adamantly adv

[edit] References

• adamant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913