adhamant

English

Etymology

From the Latin adhāmāns (“catching”, stem: adhāmant-), from adhāmō, from ad- +‎ hāmus (“hook”) +‎ -ō.

Adjective

adhamant (comparative more adhamant, superlative most adhamant)

1. (rare) Clinging, as by hooks.

Related terms

• adhamate
• adhamation

Translations

clinging, as by hooks

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “adhamant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

Verb

adhāmant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of adhāmō