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单词 adamantic
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adamanticadj.

Brit. /ˌadəˈmantɪk/, U.S. /ˌædəˈmæn(t)ɪk/
Forms: 1600s adimanticke, 1600s–1700s adamantick, 1700s– adamantic.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: adamant n., -ic suffix.
Etymology: < adamant n. + -ic suffix. Compare post-classical Latin adamanticus (1547 or earlier; rare). Compare earlier adamantine adj., adamantive adj.
Now rare.
Having the nature or properties of adamant; made of adamant; = adamantine adj. 1a. Also figurative.In quot. 1605 with allusion to adamant n. 2a (cf. adamantine adj. 2).
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the mind > will > motivation > persuasion > [adjective]
persuasiblea1425
persuasivec1487
persuadable1532
suading1557
persuasory1576
suasory1576
persuading1581
suasive1601
adamantic1605
inducing1606
inducive1611
inductious1620
flexanimous1621
pleaful1625
suasorian1646
psychagogical1822
psychagogic1846
the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [adjective]
tolling?c1225
ticinga1400
allectivec1487
illecebrous1531
alluring1534
tracting1535
wooing1549
enticing1553
training1557
tittling1560
luring1570
adamantine1581
baiting1585
winning1596
attractive1600
adamantic1605
adamantive1605
enticeable1607
soliciting1608
magnetic1611
invitinga1616
allurant1631
inescating1633
invitative1634
magnetical1638
invitatory1646
tractive1658
odalisque1837
Pied Piper1869
lureful1887
follow-me1888
luresome1889
come-hitherish1901
come-hither1905
come-hithery1919
invitational1922
come-hithering1935
1605 1st Pt. Jeronimo sig. C4 v A siluer tongue..that, when I approach, Within the presence of this demy Goddesse, I may posses an adimanticke power.
a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 5 Fain would I adventure, To search the hid Attractions, Of magnetic actions, And Adamantick strength.
1792 J. G. W. De Brahm Voice Everlasting Gospel 59 This Substance is of Adamantic Lustre.
1829 R. Wolcott Brief Acct. in S. Kettell Specimens Amer. Poetry I. 23 They entered those awful straits, Where the stream runs through adamantic gates [1725, 1792 adamantine gates].
1846 Milwaukee (Wisconsin Territory) Daily Courier 31 Mar. Miserable men, cooped up in an adamantic tomb as they were,..relinquished all hopes of life.
1897 Daily Iowa Capital 17 Sept. 1/5 Mr. Weeks aroused himself from his adamantic sleep.
1923 Commerce (Texas) Jrnl. 5 Jan. 2/1 It was a striking picture, this adamantic resistance, personified by the Mohammedan leader, to the plea for the sanctity of life and property laid down by him.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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