ADAMANT


Meaning of ADAMANT in English

adj. & n.

adj. stubbornly resolute; resistant to persuasion.

n. archaic diamond or other hard substance. adamance n. adamantine adj. adamantly adv.

[ OF adamaunt f. L adamas adamant- untameable f. Gk (as A-(1), damao to tame) ]

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