ADAMANTINE
\ˈadɐmˌantiːn], \ˈadɐmˌantiːn], \ˈa_d_ɐ_m_ˌa_n_t_iː_n]\
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not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course; unsusceptible to persuasion; "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 tendancy"
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having the hardness of a diamond
By Princeton University
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Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains.
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Like the diamond in hardness or luster.
By Oddity Software
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Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains.
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Like the diamond in hardness or luster.
By Noah Webster.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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