diamantine

British  

/ ˌdaɪəˈmæntaɪn /

adjective

1. of or resembling diamonds

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Etymology

Origin of diamantine

C17: from French diamantin, from diamant _diamond

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Example Sentences

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diamantine

Undergirding all the rhetorical exuberance is a diamantine core of accuracy.

From Scientific American ● Jun. 23, 2023

I located the diamantine intensities in so many of her poems, which are as vital and influential in their way as Sylvia Plath’s or Elizabeth Bishop’s.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2020

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

In polishing such surfaces the thinnest possible coating of diamantine and oil is smeared on the lap—in fact, only enough to dim the surface of the tin.

From Watch and Clock Escapements A Complete Study in Theory and Practice of the Lever, Cylinder and Chronometer Escapements, Together with a Brief Account of the Origin and Evolution of the Escapement in Horology by Anonymous

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