n. [ OE. adamaunt, adamant, diamond, magnet, OF. adamant, L. adamas, adamantis, the hardest metal, fr. Gr. 'ada`mas, -antos; 'a priv. + dama^, n to tame, subdue. In OE., from confusion with L. adamare to love, be attached to, the word meant also magnet, as in OF. and LL. See Diamond, Tame. ] 1. A stone imagined by some to be of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness; but in modern mineralogy it has no technical signification. It is now a rhetorical or poetical name for the embodiment of impenetrable hardness. [ 1913 Webster ]
Opposed the rocky orb Of tenfold adamant, his ample shield. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Lodestone; magnet. [ Obs. ] “A great adamant of acquaintance.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
As true to thee as steel to adamant. Greene. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. adamantinus, Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; as, adamantine bonds or chains. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Min.) Like the diamond in hardness or luster. [ 1913 Webster ]
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[jaikhaeng] (adj) EN: hard-hearted ; stouthearted ; pitiless ; unyielding ; heartless ; merciless ; callous ; adamant ; firm ; unbendable FR: insensible ; dur ; qui est sans coeur ; qui a un coeur de pierre
[こんごう, kongou] (n) (1) vajra (indestructible substance); diamond; adamantine; (2) thunderbolt; Indra's weapon; Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth #10,710[Add to Longdo]
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