adhamant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Clinging, as if by hooks.

Word forms

adhamant

Etymology

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

Related words

adhamate adhamation
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