adamantine
English
adj
Definitions
- Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated.
- Like the diamond in hardness or luster.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English adamantine derived from Latin adamantinus.
Origin
Latin
adamantinus
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- adamantinely English
- adamantinoma English
- subadamantine English
- adamantinus Latin
- ἀδαμάντινος Ancient Greek
- adamant Middle English
- adamantine Middle English