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adamant

ada·mant

UK/ˈæd.ə.mənt/ US/ˈæd.ə.mænt/ uncommon archaic obsolete
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describing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail

  • “graphic sexual scenes”
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From Middle English adamant, adamaunt, from Latin adamantem, accusative singular form of adamās (“hard as steel”), from Ancient Greek ἀδάμαντ- (adámant-, “invincible”), oblique stem of ἀδάμας (adámas). Doublet of diamond.

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