adamantine
Adamantine (adj) means Synonym of adamant.
Etymology
From Middle English adamantine, adamantyne, adamauntyn (“(adjective) of adamant; (noun) adamant”), from Anglo-Norman adamantin and Middle French adamantin (“of or resembling adamant or diamond”) (modern French adamantin), and from its etymon Latin adamantinus (“adamantine”), from Ancient Greek ἀδᾰμάντῐνος (adămántĭnos, “hard as adamant; made of steel”), from ᾰ̓δᾰμᾰντ- (ădămănt-) (a stem of ἀδάμᾱς (adámās, “the hardest metal (probably steel); diamond”), possibly originally Semitic) + -ῐνος (-ĭnos, suffix meaning ‘made of’ forming adjectives). By surface analysis, adamant + -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Etymology 1, adjective sense 1.2.4 (“having the quality of attracting or drawing”) and etymology 1, adjective sense 2 (“like diamond in lustre; etc.”) refer to adamant (“(archaic) lodestone; (historical, poetic) diamond”).
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What is the meaning of adamantine?
"adamantine" (adj) means synonym of adamant.
What are the different meanings of adamantine?
"adamantine" has 3 main meanings: 1. Synonym of adamant; 2. Made of adamant (“an unspecified mineral or rock of virtually impenetrable hardness”); 3. Incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; impenetrable, unbreakable.