Associations to the word «Adamantine»

Wiktionary

ADAMANTINE, adjective. Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains.
ADAMANTINE, adjective. Like the diamond in hardness or luster.

Dictionary definition

ADAMANTINE, adjective. Consisting of or having the hardness of adamant.
ADAMANTINE, adjective. Having the hardness of a diamond.
ADAMANTINE, adjective. Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; "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 tendency".

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