adhamant

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English

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Etymology

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From the Latin adhāmāns (catching, stem: adhāmant-), from adhāmō, from ad- +‎ hāmus (hook) +‎ .

Adjective

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adhamant (comparative more adhamant, superlative most adhamant)

  1. (rare) Clinging, as by hooks.
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Translations

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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for adhamant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Latin

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Verb

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adhāmant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of adhāmō