Word of the Day 1.28.09
adamantine
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1. Made of or resembling adamant.
2. Having the hardness or luster of a diamond.
3. Unyielding; inflexible: “If there is one dominant trait that emerges from this account, it is adamantine willpower”Eugene Linden.
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| Adj. | 1. | adamantine – consisting of or having the hardness of adamant |
| 2. | adamantine – having the hardness of a diamond
hard – resisting weight or pressure
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| 3. | adamantine – impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; “he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind”; “Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him”- W.Churchill; “an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency”
inflexible – incapable of change; “a man of inflexible purpose”
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