adamantine
pronunciation
How to pronounce adamantine in British English:
UK [ˌædəˈmæntaɪn]
How to pronounce adamantine in American English:
US [ ˌædəˈmæntaɪn]
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- Adjective:
- consisting of or having the hardness of adamant
- having the hardness of a diamond
- not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course; unsusceptible to persuasion
Word Origin
- adamantine (adj.)
- c. 1200, from Latin adamantinus "hard as steel, inflexible," from Greek adamantinos, from adamas (see adamant (n.)).
Example
- 1. Ji is in countrywide commissariat emphasizes on informal discussion of job of current system reform -- adamantine boost grain current system reform .
- 2. This substance might very well be harder than adamantine , but the secret of its formulation has been lost .
- 3. To many looking on at germany in now ms merkel may seem to wield the same adamantine handbag .
- 4. Water treatment drug , adamantine flooring .
- 5. Their adamantine conservatism is the slow outgrowth of this experience .