US /ˌædəˈmæntiːn/ UK /ˌædəˈmæntaɪn/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    impenetrably hard or unbreakable; resembling diamond

    His adamantine resolve never wavered under pressure.

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Synonyms
1 adj · impenetrably hard or... unbreakableimpenetrablediamantineobdurateinflexibleadamant
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Related forms adamantdiamond

Etymology

From Latin adamantinus, from Ancient Greek adamantinos (ἀδαμάντινος, 'of the hardest metal'), from adamas ('unconquerable, hardest substance'), from a- ('not') + damaō ('to subdue').

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