adamantine









adamantine


adjective

  1. utterly unyielding or firm in attitude or opinion.
  2. too hard to cut, break, or pierce.
  3. like a diamond in luster.

adjective

  1. very hard; unbreakable or unyielding
  2. having the lustre of a diamond
adj.

c.1200, from Latin adamantinus “hard as steel, inflexible,” from Greek adamantinos, from adamas (see adamant (n.)).

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