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diamantine

adj

Etymology

From Middle French diamantin, from diamant (“diamond”) + -in (“-ine”).

  1. borrowed from diamantin

Definitions

  1. Consisting of or resembling diamond.

    • […]the Mine-men having little Iron-hooks, with which they fetch out the Diamantin-oar:[…].
    • […]Day after day he pierced the dark abyss, / Till he had reach’d its diamantine floor.

  2. Hard as diamond, adamantine.

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