adamantine

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌædəˈmæntaɪn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌædəˈmænˌtaɪn/, /-ˌt(i)n/ Hyphenation: ada‧mant‧ine === Etymology 1 === 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 sense 1.2.4 (“having the quality of attracting or drawing”) and etymology 1 sense 2 (“like diamond in lustre; etc.”) refer to adamant (“(archaic) lodestone; (historical, poetic) diamond”). ==== Adjective ==== adamantine (comparative more adamantine, superlative most adamantine) Synonym of adamant. Made of adamant (“an unspecified mineral or rock of virtually impenetrable hardness”). (figurative) Incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; impenetrable, unbreakable. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:indomitable adamantine bonds    adamantine chains Difficult to defeat or prevail over; unshakable, unyielding. Of a person: refusing to change one's mind; obstinate, stubborn. Synonyms: intractable, obdurate; see also Thesaurus:obstinate (obsolete) Having the quality of attracting or drawing; attractive, magnetic. (chiefly mineralogy) Like diamond in lustre; bright, lustrous, shiny; also, of a lustre: like that of a mineral with a high refractive index such as diamond. ===== Derived terms ===== adamantinely adamantine spar (archaic) adamantinoma adamantoblast (obsolete) subadamantine ===== Related terms ===== adamant ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Possibly from adamantium +‎ -ine (suffix forming the names of chemical substances or materials). ==== Noun ==== adamantine (uncountable) (fiction, also attributive) Synonym of adamantium (“a fictional metal which is indestructible or nearly so”). ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === adamantine (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === amantadine, antamanide, diamantane == French == === Adjective === adamantine feminine singular of adamantin == Italian == === Adjective === adamantine f pl feminine plural of adamantino == Latin == === Adjective === adamantine vocative masculine singular of adamantinus == Middle English == === Alternative forms === adamantyne, adamauntyn === Etymology === Borrowed 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /adəma(u̯)nˈtiːn(ə)/, /adəˈma(u̯)ntiːn(ə)/ === Adjective === adamantine (rare) Relating to adamant; adamantine. ==== Descendants ==== English: adamantine ==== References ==== “adama(u)ntīn, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.