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   adamant

   /ˈadəm(ə)nt/

   adjective

   • 1. refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind: "he is adamant that he is not going to resign"

   noun

   • 1. a legendary rock or mineral to which many properties were attributed, formerly associated with diamond or lodestone. archaic

   Word Origin Old English (as a noun), from Old French adamaunt-, via Latin from Greek adamas, adamant-, ‘untameable, invincible’ (later used to denote the hardest metal or stone, hence diamond), from a- ‘not’ + daman ‘to tame’. The phrase to be adamant dates from the 1930s, although adjectival use had been implied in such collocations as ‘an adamant heart’ since the 16th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. adamance noun
   • 2. adamancy noun

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   What does adamant mean in English?

   • In English, people began to use the word to refer to something that cannot be altered, and then in the twentieth century — after adamant had been in English for about a thousand years — it came to be used as an adjective to mean "unyielding as stone." If you're adamant about something, no amount of persuasion is going to convince you otherwise.

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   Where does the name Adam come from?

   • The noun adamant comes from a Latin word meaning "material of extreme hardness, diamond." One side note: however adamant the Adams in your life tend to be, the name Adam is not related etymologically to the word adamant. Adam comes from the Hebrew word 'āḏām, meaning "human being."

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   What is an adamant stone?

   • An adamant is an imaginary stone of impenetrable hardness. Historically, the word applied to actual stones (and other substances) believed to be impenetrable; in the 17th century the word was used as a synonym of diamond. The noun adamant comes from a Latin word meaning "material of extreme hardness, diamond."

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   What is the difference between obdurate and adamant?

   • obdurate stresses hardness of heart and insensitivity to appeals for mercy or the influence of divine grace. adamant implies utter immovability in the face of all temptation or entreaty.

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   Adamant means impossible to persuade, or unwilling to change an opinion or decision. Learn more about its usage, synonyms, and examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.

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   1. : a stone (such as a diamond) formerly believed to be of impenetrable hardness. 2. : an unbreakable or extremely hard substance.

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   If you stubbornly refuse to change your mind about something, you are adamant about it.

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   Adamant means impossible to persuade, or unwilling to change an opinion or decision. Learn more about its usage, synonyms, and examples from various sources on the web.

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   Adamant means utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion, or too hard to cut, break, or pierce. It can also refer to a legendary stone of impenetrable hardness, often identified with the diamond or loadstone.

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   1. unshakable in purpose, determination, or opinion; unyielding. 2. a less common word for adamantine (sense 1) noun. 3. any extremely hard or apparently unbreakable substance. 4. a legendary stone said to be impenetrable, often identified with the diamond or loadstone. Collins English Dictionary.

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    Adamant is a word with multiple meanings and origins, related to hardness, magnetism, and minerals. Learn how to pronounce, spell, and use adamant in different contexts with examples and citations.