adamantium
English
Etymology
From adamant + -ium.
Noun
adamantium (uncountable)
- A fictional metal that is indestructible or nearly so.
- 1941 June, Jameson, Malcolm, “Devil's Powder”, in Astounding Science-Fiction, volume 27, number 4, Street & Smith:
- It was a bullet. It was a small slug of adamantium, the toughest and hardest of all metals, crammed to capacity with the terrific explosive feroxite and would burst instantly on any reasonable heavy impact.
- 1969 July, Thomas, Roy, “Betrayal”, in Avengers, volume 1, number 66, Marvel Comics:
- It's imperative that these experiments be concluded with haste! The military must know the potential of this new adamantium at once! Even the President is standing by!
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Translations
fictional indestructible metal
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Adjective
adamantium (not comparable)
- Made of adamantium.
- 2004, Asher, Neal, Gridlinked, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 324:
- 'We knew the egg was adamantium. Not much else could have been learnt.'
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Latin
Participle
adamantium
- genitive masculine/feminine/neuter plural of adamāns
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English adamantium.
Noun
adamantium m (uncountable)
- (fiction) adamantium (fictional indestructible metal)