diamantine

British  

/ ˌdaɪəˈmæntaɪn /

adjective

1. of or resembling diamonds

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Etymology

Origin of diamantine

C17: from French diamantin, from diamant _diamond

Example Sentences

Still, as strung together by Sondheim’s diamantine songs, “Company” offered a groundbreaking way of looking at its subject, less through a microscope than a kaleidoscope.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2021

In the aftermath of the announcement—in the light of a new day—that diamantine speck suddenly looked quite different.

From Scientific American • Aug. 17, 2021

Every surface has a diamantine glitter, an effect accentuated by the starlight glow of thousand of smartphones in the audience.

From The Guardian • Feb. 27, 2017

Her score for “Jackie”—intensely new, intensely different, intensely felt—will be competing against Justin Hurwitz’s score for the musical “La La Land,” a work of diamantine pastiche.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 23, 2017

Ludwig slashes à la Nietzsche, though he cannot boast that poet's diamantine style.

From Unicorns by Huneker, James