adamant

adamant n

OFr adamaunt, invincible.

1. Ice; frost; frozen water crystals.
2. Massive wall; hard impenetrable barrier; large solid stone mass.
3. Hardened object; [fig.] a stiff heavy corpse; a body in rigor mortis.
4. Harsh attitude; hard-hearted person; soul without feeling; spirit without sympathy; heart with no compassion; [possibly an adverb] harshly; adamantly; stubbornly.
5. Diamond; a hard brilliant mineral; an extremely hard substance; [fig.] endurance; tenacity; strength.
6. Resurrection; eternal matter; immortal existence; incorruptible body.

adamant adj

see adamant, n.

1. Solid; stone-like; [fig.] firm; fixed; secure; stable; unchanging.