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adamantine

[ ad-uh-man-teen, -tin, -tahyn ]

adjective

  1. utterly unyielding or firm in attitude or opinion.
  2. too hard to cut, break, or pierce.
  3. like a diamond in luster.


adamantine

/ ˌæ»åəˈ³¾Ã¦²Ô³Ù²¹Éª²Ô /

adjective

  1. very hard; unbreakable or unyielding
  2. having the lustre of a diamond
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of adamantine1

First recorded in 1200–1250; Middle English, from Latin adamantinus, from Greek ²¹»å²¹³¾Ã¡²Ô³Ù¾±²Ô´Ç²õ adamant, -ine 1
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To love a Scorpio, then, is to fiercely protect their softness with the same shadowy ardor that they use to construct their inner adamantine fortresses.

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Akira is not so much an obstacle, then, as he is a diamond in the rough, a permanent part of Takiko and her adamantine resolve to live on her own terms.

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He’s since backed off a bit from his adamantine opposition, but the core of his position was concern that the measure would add to inflation.

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George’s response to these tumults was, in Roberts’s phrase, “adamantine inflexibility.â€

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Koirala, a Bollywood star, brings a taut poise to a mother whose veneer seems adamantine until the Duttas walk in the door.

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