Adamantine Like You

In a perfect world that’s how I want you to be

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While thinking about accepting Liberty Forrest’s funny challenge of obsolete words, something popped up into my beautiful backyard mind. The word adamantine made irruption, and I had to listen to it.

Diving deep into the research of its synonyms and related words, I found out it wasn’t even cited in the list of obsolete words suggested by en.wiktionary.com. But, you know, I’m used to offroads, and I honestly thought not everybody make daily use of it. So, I choose ADAMANTINE to write this piece.

Dictionary.com offers this definition of the word ADAMANTINE:

adjective

* utterly unyielding or firm in attitude or opinion

* too hard to cut, break, or pierce

* like a diamond in luster

Origin of adamantine

First recorded in 1200–1250; Middle English, from Latin adamantinus, from Greek adamántinos adamant, -ine.

First note on my discovery

I thought the meaning of adamantine had something to do with being transparent and crystalline, but I was evidently, or partially, wrong.