Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Adamant
adamant, n. [OFr adamaunt, invincible.] (webplay: small, stone).
- Ice; frost; frozen water crystals.
- Massive wall; hard impenetrable barrier; large solid stone mass.
- Hardened object; [fig.] a stiff heavy corpse; a body in rigor mortis.
- Harsh attitude; hard-hearted person; soul without feeling; spirit without sympathy; heart with no compassion; [possibly an adverb] harshly; adamantly; stubbornly.
- Diamond; a hard brilliant mineral; an extremely hard substance; [fig.] endurance; tenacity; strength.
- Resurrection; eternal matter; immortal existence; incorruptible body.
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