a. Obs. rare–1. [f. ADAMANT + -Y1; cf. rocky, pearly.] Of or characterized by adamant; of the character of adamant; flinty.
1599. Nashe, Lenten Stuffe (1871), 32. How impetrable he was in mollifying the adamantiest tyrany of mankind.
a. Obs. rare–1. [f. ADAMANT + -Y1; cf. rocky, pearly.] Of or characterized by adamant; of the character of adamant; flinty.
1599. Nashe, Lenten Stuffe (1871), 32. How impetrable he was in mollifying the adamantiest tyrany of mankind.
