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adamantine definition

ada·man·tine (ad′ə man′tin; also, -tēn′, -tīn′)

adjective

  1. of or like adamant; very hard, as dental enamel; unbreakable
  2. unyielding; firm

Etymology: ME < L adamantinus, hard as steel < Gr adamantinos

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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