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Word: Adamant
Speech Type: Adjective
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
ˈadəm(ə)nt
refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind
Short Definition:refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind
Examples:- he is adamant that he is not going to resign
Word: Adamant
Speech Type: Noun
ˈadəm(ə)nt
a legendary rock or mineral to which many properties were attributed, formerly associated with diamond or lodestone.
Short Definition:legendary rock or mineral to which many properties were attributed
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