adamant.
Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined.
Meaning & usage
Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined.
Very difficult to break, pierce, or cut.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English adamant, adamaunt, from Latin adamantem, accusative singular form of adamās (“hard as steel”), from Ancient Greek ἀδάμαντ- (adámant-, “invincible”), oblique stem of ἀδάμας (adámas). Doublet of diamond.
An unspecified mineral or rock of virtually impenetrable hardness.
An unspecified mineral or rock of virtually impenetrable hardness. In later use: diamond.
An unspecified mineral or rock of virtually impenetrable hardness. In later use: a lodestone.
An unspecified mineral or rock of virtually impenetrable hardness. A substance that neutralizes lodestones.
Chiefly in of adamant: an embodiment of impenetrable hardness; the quality of not being easily destroyed or overcome; impenetrableness, imperviousness, impregnableness; also, of a person: the quality of not being easily affected emotionally; impassiveness, unmovableness.
A person or thing having the quality of attracting or drawing; a lodestone, a magnet.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English adamant, adamaunt, from Latin adamantem, accusative singular form of adamās (“hard as steel”), from Ancient Greek ἀδάμαντ- (adámant-, “invincible”), oblique stem of ἀδάμας (adámas). Doublet of diamond.
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