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- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀδάμας“invincible”
- English todayadamantoid
From Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “invincible”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, “form”). Equivalent to adamant + -oid.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀδάμας all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.