Hypertext Webster Gateway: "adamantine"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Adamantine \Ad`a*man"tine\, a. [L. adamantinus, Gr. ?.]
1. Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant;
incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as,
adamantine bonds or chains.
2. (Min.) Like the diamond in hardness or luster.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
adamantine
adj 1: consisting of or having the hardness of adamant
2: having the hardness of a diamond
3: 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" [syn: {adamant},
{inexorable}, {intransigent}]
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