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adamantine.

Synonym of adamant.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˌædəˈmæntaɪn/Received-Pronunciation/ˌædəˈmænˌtaɪn/General-American/-ˌt(i)n/General-American
  1. Synonym of adamant. Made of adamant (“an unspecified mineral or rock of virtually impenetrable hardness”).

  2. Synonym of adamant. Incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; impenetrable, unbreakable.

    figuratively
    adamantine bonds    adamantine chains
  3. Synonym of adamant. Difficult to defeat or prevail over; unshakable, unyielding.

    figuratively
  4. Synonym of adamant. Of a person: refusing to change one's mind; obstinate, stubborn.

    figuratively
  5. Synonym of adamant. Having the quality of attracting or drawing; attractive, magnetic.

    figuratively · obsolete
  6. Like diamond in lustre; bright, lustrous, shiny; also, of a lustre: like that of a mineral with a high refractive index such as diamond.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English adamantine, adamantyne, adamauntyn (“(adjective) of adamant; (noun) adamant”), from Anglo-Norman adamantin and Middle French adamantin (“of or resembling adamant or diamond”) (modern French adamantin), and from its etymon Latin adamantinus (“adamantine”), from Ancient Greek ἀδᾰμάντῐνος (adămántĭnos, “hard as adamant; made of steel”), from ᾰ̓δᾰμᾰντ- (ădămănt-) (a stem of ἀδάμᾱς (adámās, “the hardest metal (probably steel); diamond”), possibly originally Semitic) + -ῐνος (-ĭnos, suffix meaning ‘made of’ forming adjectives). By surface analysis, adamant + -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Etymology 1, adjective sense 1.2.4 (“having the quality of attracting or drawing”) and etymology 1, adjective sense 2 (“like diamond in lustre; etc.”) refer to adamant (“(archaic) lodestone; (historical, poetic) diamond”).

noun
  1. Synonym of adamantium (“a fictional metal which is indestructible or nearly so”).

    also · attributive · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Possibly from adamantium + -ine (suffix forming the names of chemical substances or materials).

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