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adamantine

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adamantine · more adamantine · most adamantine

Synonym of adamantSynonym of adamant.: Made of adamant (“an unspecified mineral or rock of virtually impenetrable hardness”).

UK/ˌædəˈmæntaɪn/US/ˌædəˈmænˌtaɪn/

Значення

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Synonym of adamant.
Made of adamant (“an unspecified mineral or rock of virtually impenetrable hardness”).
consisting of or having the hardness of adamant
(переносно)Incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; impenetrable, unbreakable.
adamantine bonds adamantine chains
(переносно)Difficult to defeat or prevail over; unshakable, unyielding.
(переносно)Of a person: refusing to change one's mind; obstinate, stubborn.
Like diamond in lustre; bright, lustrous, shiny; also, of a lustre: like that of a mineral with a high refractive index such as diamond.
Synonym of adamant.
(переносно, застаріле)Having the quality of attracting or drawing; attractive, magnetic.

Походження

From Middle English adamantine, adamantyne, adamauntyn (“(adjective) of adamant; (noun) ad

From Middle English adamantine, adamantyne, adamauntyn (“(adjective) of adamant; (noun) adamant”), from Anglo-Norman adamantin and Middle French adamantin (“of or resembling adamant or diamond”) (modern French adamantin), and from its etymon Latin adamantinus (“adamantine”), from Ancient Greek ἀδᾰμάντῐνος (adămántĭnos, “hard as adamant; made of steel”), from ᾰ̓δᾰμᾰντ- (ădămănt-) (a stem of ἀδάμᾱς (adámās, “the hardest metal (probably steel); diamond”), possibly originally Semitic) + -ῐνος (-ĭnos, suffix meaning ‘made of’ forming adjectives). By surface analysis, adamant + -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives).

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