Tuesday word: Adamant
Tuesday, Apr. 23, 2024
Adamant (adjective, noun)
ad·a·mant [ad-uh-muhnt, -mant]
adjective
1. utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.
2. too hard to cut, break, or pierce.
Synonyms
1. inflexible, rigid, uncompromising.
Antonyms
1. flexible, easygoing, yielding.
noun
3. any impenetrably or unyieldingly hard substance.
4. a legendary stone of impenetrable hardness, formerly sometimes identified with the diamond.
Other Words From
ad·a·man·cy [ad, -, uh, -m, uh, n-see], ad·a·mance noun
ad·a·mant·ly adverb
un·ad·a·mant adjective
Origin: First recorded before 900; Middle English, from Old French adamaunt, from Latin adamant- (stem of adamas ) “hard metal (perhaps steel), diamond,” from Greek, equivalent to a- a- + -damant- verbal adjective of damân “to tame, conquer”; replacing Old English athamans (from Medieval Latin ) and Middle English aymont, from Middle French aimant, from unattested Vulgar Latin adimant-, from Latin
Example Sentences
Even the most adamant Obamacare opponent must acknowledge, as Kasich has, that its coverage expansion has helped some people.
From The Daily Beast
They are also as adamant about the tone they want to strike.
From The Daily Beast
They are adamant that their women-only concerts are not a result of religious rules.
From The Daily Beast
Despite all the visual cues which might suggest otherwise, Manning was adamant that he was not trying to promote himself.
From The Daily Beast
Many of the survivors were adamant that the fighters were made up of foreign nationals from all over the world.
From The Daily Beast
He was strong; his will was adamant as the blade of Trenchefer; to save those dear ones a single pang-what would he not suffer!
From Project Gutenberg
Once he paused at the sealed door, and flung himself against it-adamant had scarce seemed firmer.
From Project Gutenberg
And how I thanked my God for the adamant bulwarks of coral that protected my ark from the fury of the treacherous seas!
From Project Gutenberg
I went to General Kock and pleaded with him, but he was adamant.
From Project Gutenberg
He moistened his lips, and glanced at her for succor, but she was adamant.
From Project Gutenberg
Adamant (adjective, noun)
ad·a·mant [ad-uh-muhnt, -mant]
adjective
1. utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.
2. too hard to cut, break, or pierce.
Synonyms
1. inflexible, rigid, uncompromising.
Antonyms
1. flexible, easygoing, yielding.
noun
3. any impenetrably or unyieldingly hard substance.
4. a legendary stone of impenetrable hardness, formerly sometimes identified with the diamond.
Other Words From
ad·a·man·cy [ad, -, uh, -m, uh, n-see], ad·a·mance noun
ad·a·mant·ly adverb
un·ad·a·mant adjective
Origin: First recorded before 900; Middle English, from Old French adamaunt, from Latin adamant- (stem of adamas ) “hard metal (perhaps steel), diamond,” from Greek, equivalent to a- a- + -damant- verbal adjective of damân “to tame, conquer”; replacing Old English athamans (from Medieval Latin ) and Middle English aymont, from Middle French aimant, from unattested Vulgar Latin adimant-, from Latin
Example Sentences
Even the most adamant Obamacare opponent must acknowledge, as Kasich has, that its coverage expansion has helped some people.
From The Daily Beast
They are also as adamant about the tone they want to strike.
From The Daily Beast
They are adamant that their women-only concerts are not a result of religious rules.
From The Daily Beast
Despite all the visual cues which might suggest otherwise, Manning was adamant that he was not trying to promote himself.
From The Daily Beast
Many of the survivors were adamant that the fighters were made up of foreign nationals from all over the world.
From The Daily Beast
He was strong; his will was adamant as the blade of Trenchefer; to save those dear ones a single pang-what would he not suffer!
From Project Gutenberg
Once he paused at the sealed door, and flung himself against it-adamant had scarce seemed firmer.
From Project Gutenberg
And how I thanked my God for the adamant bulwarks of coral that protected my ark from the fury of the treacherous seas!
From Project Gutenberg
I went to General Kock and pleaded with him, but he was adamant.
From Project Gutenberg
He moistened his lips, and glanced at her for succor, but she was adamant.
From Project Gutenberg