2007-12-10 19:26:00 · 7 answers · asked by Aran A 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
ad·a·mant /ˈædəmənt, -ˌmænt/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ad-uh-muhnt, -mant] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
1. utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.
2. too hard to cut, break, or pierce.
–noun
3. any impenetrably or unyieldingly hard substance.
4. a legendary stone of impenetrable hardness, formerly sometimes identified with the diamond.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME < OF adamaunt < L adamant- (s. of adamas) hard metal (perh. steel), diamond < Gk, equiv. to a- a-6 + -damant- verbal adj. of damân to tame, conquer; r. OE athamans (< ML) and ME aymont < MF aimant < VL *adimant- < L]
—Related forms
ad·a·man·cy /ˈædəmənsi/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[ad-uh-muhn-see] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation, ad·a·mance, noun
ad·a·mant·ly, adverb
—Synonyms 1. inflexible, rigid, uncompromising.
—Antonyms 1. flexible, easygoing, yielding.
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ad·a·mant (ād'ə-mənt, -mānt') Pronunciation Key
adj. Impervious to pleas, appeals, or reason; stubbornly unyielding. See Synonyms at inflexible.
n.
1. A stone once believed to be impenetrable in its hardness.
2. An extremely hard substance.
[From Middle English, a hard precious stone, from Old French adamaunt, from Latin adamās, adamant-, from Greek, unconquerable, hard steel, diamond; see demə- in Indo-European roots.]
2007-12-10 19:30:51 · answer #1 · answered by anibelleaz1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-16 19:04:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very hard. Unyielding, refusing to change.
"Cinderella, you are not going to the ball, and I am adamant about this."
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2007-12-10 19:30:15 · answer #4 · answered by SKCave 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Very insisting
Impervious to pleas, appeals, or reason; stubbornly unyielding
2007-12-10 19:31:40 · answer #5 · answered by Dale P 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
adamant means stubbornly confident or absolutely certain
2007-12-10 19:32:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure. I am adamant that I am typing right now. But you should use a dictionary.
2007-12-10 19:34:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
means: obstinate, obdurate, unyielding, unbending, inflexible, unwavering, immovable, resolute
2007-12-10 22:37:49 · answer #8 · answered by scotch 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋