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Adamant Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Adamant? [n] very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem [adj] not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course; unsusceptible to persuasion; "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendancy" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Adamant: adamantine \| diamond \| inexorable \| inflexible \| intransigent Related Terms \| Find terms related to Adamant: adamantine \| at a standstill \| cast-iron \| dour \| firm \| flintlike \| flinty \| frozen \| granitelike \| granitic \| grim \| hard \| hard-core \| immobile \| immotile \| immotive \| immovable \| immutable \| implacable \| impliable \| inductile \| inelastic \| inexorable \| inextensible \| inextensile \| inextensional \| inflexible \| intractable \| intractile \| intransigent \| iron \| irreconcilable \| irremovable \| irresilient \| lithic \| marblelike \| nonelastic \| nonstretchable \| obdurate \| pat \| petrified \| petrogenic \| relentless \| rigid \| rigorous \| rock \| rock-ribbed \| slaty \| standpat \| stationary \| steely \| stern \| stiff \| stone \| stubborn \| unaffected \| unalterable \| unbending \| unchangeable \| uncompromising \| unextendible \| unextensible \| unflexible \| ungiving \| unlimber \| unmalleable \| unmovable \| unmoved \| unmoving \| unpliable \| unpliant \| unrelenting \| unswayable \| untractable \| unyielding See Also \| atomic number 6 \| black diamond \| C \| carbon \| carbonado \| transparent gem Adamant In Webster's Dictionary \Ad"amant\ ([a^]d"[.a]m[a^]nt), n. [OE. adamaunt, adamant, diamond, magnet, OF. adamant, L. adamas, adamantis, the hardest metal, fr. Gr. 'ada`mas, -antos; 'a priv. + dama^,n to tame, subdue. In OE., from confusion with L. adamare to love, be attached to, the word meant also magnet, as in OF. and LL. See {Diamond}, {Tame}.] 1. A stone imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness; but in modern mineralogy it has no technical signification. It is now a rhetorical or poetical name for the embodiment of impenetrable hardness. Opposed the rocky orb Of tenfold adamant, his ample shield. --Milton. 2. Lodestone; magnet. [Obs.] ``A great adamant of acquaintance.'' --Bacon. As true to thee as steel to adamant. --Greene.

Adamant Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Adamant?

[n] very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
[adj] not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course; unsusceptible to persuasion; "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendancy"

Adamant In Webster's Dictionary

\Ad"a*mant\ ([a^]d"[.a]*m[a^]nt), n. [OE. adamaunt,
adamant, diamond, magnet, OF. adamant, L. adamas, adamantis,
the hardest metal, fr. Gr. 'ada`mas, -antos; 'a priv. +
dama^,n to tame, subdue. In OE., from confusion with L.
adamare to love, be attached to, the word meant also magnet,
as in OF. and LL. See {Diamond}, {Tame}.]
1. A stone imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a
   name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme
   hardness; but in modern mineralogy it has no technical
   signification. It is now a rhetorical or poetical name for
   the embodiment of impenetrable hardness.

         Opposed the rocky orb Of tenfold adamant, his ample
         shield.                               --Milton.

2. Lodestone; magnet. [Obs.] ``A great adamant of
   acquaintance.'' --Bacon.

         As true to thee as steel to adamant.  --Greene.

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