diamantine
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of diamantine
C17: from French diamantin, from diamant diamond
Example Sentences
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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 James Huneker
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