WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
ad•a•mant /ˈædəmənt, -ˌmænt/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- unyielding;
inflexible:an adamant refusal.[be + ~ (+ that clause)]He was adamant that he was in the right.
ad•a•mant
(ad′ə mənt, -mant′),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
ad•a•man•cy
(ad′ə mən sē),USA pronunciation ad′a•mance, n.
ad′a•mant•ly, adv.
- utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.
- too hard to cut, break, or pierce.
n.
- any impenetrably or unyieldingly hard substance.
- Jewelrya legendary stone of impenetrable hardness, formerly sometimes identified with the diamond.
- Latin
- Vulgar Latin *adimant-
- Middle French aimant
- Medieval Latin) and Middle English aymont
- Greek, equivalent. to a- a-6 + -damant- verbal adjective, adjectival of damân to tame, conquer; replacing Old English athamans (
- Latin adamant- (stem of adamas) hard metal (perh. steel), diamond
- Old French adamaunt
- bef. 900; Middle English
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged inflexible, rigid, uncompromising.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged flexible, easygoing, yielding.