Associations to the word «Adamant»

Wiktionary

ADAMANT, adjective. Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined.
ADAMANT, noun. An imaginary rock or mineral of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness.
ADAMANT, noun. An embodiment of impregnable hardness.
ADAMANT, noun. A magnet; a lodestone.

Dictionary definition

ADAMANT, noun. Very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem.
ADAMANT, 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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