单词 | adamantean |
释义 | adamanteanadj. Now rare. Having the hardness or strength of adamant; = adamantine adj. 1a.In later use chiefly with reference to quot. 1671. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > [adjective] > very iron-hardOE bone?a1300 adamantinea1382 stony?1523 adamant1535 steel-harda1560 buff-hard1589 steely1596 diamantine1605 steela1607 rocked1610 Brazil1635 adamantean1671 osseousa1682 iron1708 ferreous1774 rock-likea1793 cast iron1886 bone-hard1924 1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 134 Chalybean temper'd steel, and frock of mail Adamantean Proof. View more context for this quotation 1782 Public Advertiser 30 Sept. 1/4 You forced..the miserable and unfortunate Highlanders, by your Adamantean Rigour, to put themselves under the Protection of the Americans. 1847 Patriot 17 May 344/2 Mr. Moggridge..begs to call the attention of his numerous patients..to his newly-invented adamantean teeth, which will not colour, decay, or break. 1858 Latter-day Saints' Millennial Star 24 July 473 He knew not how truly adamantean the rock was upon which he struck. 1921 Archit. Rec. June 36 (advt.) Stedman Naturized Flooring is..adamantean yet resilient. 1955 J. Campbell Zimmer's Art Indian Asia I. ii. 175 The transcendent adamantean essence of enlightenment, the sheer ‘suchness’..gives forth the saviors. 2008 N. Smith Is Milton better than Shakespeare? vii. 178 The final list of armored garb, which we might imagine crumpling under Samson's blows, is a further reduction,..where the final ‘Adamantean proof’ is a reversal of normal usage. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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