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adamant
noun
a rock or mineral imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness
an embodiment of impregnable hardness
lodestone; magnet
adjective
resistant to reason; determined; inflexible; unshakeable; unyielding
Etymology:
From
adamantem
, accusative singular form of
adamas
"hard as steel", from Ancient Greek <
(
polytonic, á
)
(adamas) "invincible", from
(
polytonic, á-
)
(a-) "not" +
(
polytonic,
)
(damazo) "I tame".
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