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Definitions for Adamancy

[1] utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc.
[2] too hard to cut, break, or pierce.
[3] any impenetrably or unyieldingly hard substance.
[4] a legendary stone of impenetrable hardness, formerly sometimes identified with the diamond.
[5] unshakable in purpose, determination, or opinion; unyielding
[6] a less common word for adamantine (def. 1)
[7] any extremely hard or apparently unbreakable substance
[8] a legendary stone said to be impenetrable, often identified with the diamond or loadstone

Words related to Adamancy

adamantperseverance, obstinacy, inflexibility, intransigence, contumacy, pigheadedness, pertinacity, mulishness, doggedness, obduracy, indomitability, inexorableness, intransigency, inexorability, relentlessness, rigidness, rigidity, grimness, implacability, incompliance

Words nearby Adamancy

adamantadam's bridge, adam's cup, adam's-needle, adam-and-eve, adama, adamant, adamantane, adamantine, adamantine membrane, adamantinoma, adamawa

Origin of Adamancy

tbefore 900; Middle English < Old French adamaunt < Latin adamant- (stem of adamas ) hard metal (perhaps steel), diamond < Greek, equivalent to a- a-6 + -damant- verbal adjective of damân to tame, conquer; replacing Old English athamans (< Medieval Latin ) and Middle English aymont < Middle French aimant < Vulgar Latin *adimant- < Latin

Other words from Adamancy

ad·a·man·cy [ad -uh -muh n-see] /ˈæd ə mən si/ , ad·a·mance , noun
ad·a·mant·ly , adverb
un·ad·a·mant , adjective

Word origin for Adamancy

tOld English: from Latin adamant-, stem of adamas, from Greek; literal meaning perhaps: unconquerable, from a- 1 + daman to tame, conquer

Synonyms for Adamancy

inflexibility, obstinacy, perseverance, bullheadedness, contumacy, doggedness, indomitability, mulishness, obduracy, pertinacity, pigheadedness