adamant
Pronunciation: /ˈadəm(ə)nt/
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Definition of adamant
adjective
noun
Origin:
Old English (as a noun), from Old French adamaunt-, via Latin from Greek adamas, adamant-, 'untameable, invincible' (later used to denote the hardest metal or stone, hence diamond), from a- 'not' + daman 'to tame'. The phrase to be adamant dates from the 1930s, although adjectival use had been implied in such collocations as ‘an adamant heart’ since the 16th century