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Definition of Adamant
1. Noun. Very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem.
Generic synonyms: Atomic Number 6, C, Carbon, Transparent Gem
Specialized synonyms: Black Diamond, Carbonado
2. Adjective. Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason. "An intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency"
Similar to: Inflexible
Derivative terms: Adamance, Inexorableness, Intransigence, Intransigency
Definition of Adamant
1. n. 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.
Definition of Adamant
1. Adjective. Resistant to reason; determined; inflexible; unshakeable; unyielding. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a person) Sure, certain. ¹
3. Noun. A rock or mineral held by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness. ¹
4. Noun. An embodiment of impregnable hardness. ¹
5. Noun. A magnet; a lodestone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Adamant
1. an extremely hard substance [n -S]
Medical Definition of Adamant
1. 1. A stone imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substance of extreme hardness; but in modern minerology 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. "A great adamant of acquaintance." "As true to thee as steel to adamant." (Greene) Origin: OE. Adamaunt, adamant, diamond, magnet, OF. Adamant, L. Adamas, adamantis, the hardest metal, fr. Gr,; priv. + 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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