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Definition of Adamant
Adamant

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.

Lodestone; magnet.

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Adamant Quotations

Just because an individual in his 30s hasn't found true love and, yes, there are opportunities to date but it also forces you to be more particular. In so many ways, you become more adamant about finding that right person and not allowing yourself to open up to just anybody.
Jeff Garcia

My father was adamant in his disapproval of my interest in show business.
Paul Lynde

I am very adamant about keeping my private life private. I don't prefer to talk about my family.
Luis Miguel

Adamant Translations

adamant in German is steinhart, unerbittlich
adamant in Latin is insuadibilis
adamant in Spanish is inexorable
adamant in Swedish is orubblig

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