Tough stuff

1 comment June 1st, 2008

The adjective “adamant” can mean “too hard to be broken” or “not giving in or relenting; unyielding.”

It’s not the same as being demanding. It’s stubborn resistance.

It comes from the Greek “daman” for “to subdue” paired with the prefix for “not.” In olden days, “adamant” also was a noun for “a hard stone or substance that was supposedly unbreakable.”

“Adam Ant” also was the stage name of an English singer and musician of the 1980s.

I was not a fan.