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Definition of: adamant
(ad′ə·mant, -mənt) noun
1. A very hard imaginary mineral.
2. Formerly, the diamond or lodestone.
3. Archaic Exceeding hardness; impenetrability.
— adjective Immovable; unyielding. [<OF adamaunt < L adamas, -antis the hardest metal (hence, unyielding) <Gk. adamas <a- not + damaein conquer. Doublet of DIAMOND.]
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