#adamantine
Mon, 12 Oct 2020 20:02:30
Adjective
[ ad-uh-man-teen, -tin, -tahyn ]
1. utterly unyielding or firm in attitude or opinion.
2. too hard to cut, break, or pierce.
3. like a diamond in luster.
Origin:
1200–1250; Middle English <Latin adamantinus<Greek adamántinos. See adamant,-ine1
“Each bound to the other, through all the vicissitudes of life, in adamantine bonds of love and admiration!”
- Various, Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 71, No. 436, February 1852