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Etymology

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From Middle English adamantine, from Latin adamantinus, equivalent to adamant +‎ -ine.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˌæd.əˈmæn.taɪn/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæd.əˈmæn.tin/, /ˌæd.əˈmæn.taɪn/, /ˌæd.əˈmæn.tɪn/

Adjective

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adamantine (comparative more adamantine, superlative most adamantine)

  1. Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated.
    adamantine bonds
    adamantine chains
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker []; [a]nd by Robert Boulter []; [a]nd Matthias Walker, [], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [], 1873, →OCLC, lines 44–49:
      Him the Almighty Power
      Hurld headlong flaming from th' Ethereal Skie
      With hideous ruine and combustion down
      To bottomless perdition, there to dwell
      In Adamantine Chains and penal Fire,
      Who durst defie th' Omnipotent to Arms.
    • 1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, Missolonghi, page 187:
      Snatch, snatch those gentle forms from war's alarms,
      And throw your adamantine shield around their shrinking charms.
    • 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History [], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, (please specify the book or page number):
      For two hours they stand; Bouillé's sword glittering in his hand, adamantine resolution clouding his brows[.]
    • 1984, Gayle Rubin, "Thinking Sex" in Carole S. Vance, Pleasure and Danger: Exploring Female Sexuality (Boston: Routledge and Kegan Paul), 267-319.
      Sex law is the most adamantine instrument of sexual stratification and erotic persecution.
  2. Like the diamond in hardness or luster.

Derived terms

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Translations

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Noun

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adamantine (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of adamantium

Anagrams

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French

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Adjective

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adamantine

  1. feminine singular of adamantin

Italian

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Adjective

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adamantine f pl

  1. feminine plural of adamantino

Latin

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Adjective

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adamantine

  1. vocative masculine singular of adamantinus

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin adamantinus; equivalent to adamant +‎ -ine.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /adəma(u̯)nˈtiːn(ə)/, /adəˈma(u̯)ntiːn(ə)/

Adjective

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adamantine

  1. (rare) Relating to adamant; adamantine.

Descendants

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  • English: adamantine

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