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Adjective
/ˈadəmənt/,
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Refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind,
  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, often contradictory, properties were attributed, formerly associated with diamond or lodestone

  1. impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency"
  2. diamond: very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
  3. inflexibly; unshakably; "adamantly opposed to the marriage"
  4. Adamant and similar words are used to refer to any especially hard substance, whether composed of diamond, some other gemstone, or some type of metal. Both adamant and diamond derive from the Greek word αδαμας (adamas), meaning "untameable". ...
  5. a rock or mineral held by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness; an embodiment of impregnable hardness; a magnet; a lodestone; resistant to reason; determined; inflexible; unshakeable; unyielding
  6. (adamantly) In an immovable or inflexible manner
  7. This metal is as strong as diamond but without any of its crystalline brittleness. It is also very expensive to create. Adamant is dark in hue and heavier then steel in its density. ...
  8. utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.; too hard to cut, break, or pierce. —Syn. inflexible, rigid, uncompromising. —Ant. flexible, easygoing, yielding.
  9. To dream of adamant, denotes that you will be troubled and defeated in some desire that you held as your life.
  10. A very tough metal which is usually utilized in the making of the sword Excalibur. In 5, the Adamantium metal is the material which powers the meteors (the ones that travel between the First and Second Worlds).
  11. (adj) - hard, inflexible
  12. An ancient name for a diamond, from the Greek adamas, meaning unconquerable.