diamantine

/ ˌdaɪəˈmæntaɪn /

adjective

1. of or resembling diamonds

Word History and Origins

Origin of diamantine¹

C17: from French diamantin, from diamant diamond

Example Sentences

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

From Scientific American

In a film of diamantine intensity, the Bookkeeper scene is the crown jewel — a taut, emotionally gripping two-hander with Alexander and Hoffman that is all the more explosive for being played at a whisper.

From Washington Post

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

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

From Scientific American

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

From Scientific American