What is the meaning of adamantine?

adjective

  • Consisting of or having the hardness of adamant.
  • Having the hardness of a diamond.
  • Impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason.
    • usage: "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him- W. Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency"
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