dyamaunt

• diamant, diamaunt, dyamant
• diamod (Kent); dyamawnte, dyamownde (Promptorium Parvulorum)
• deamaunt, diamand, diamaund, dyamand (West Midland); diamaunde, diamond, dyamaunde (Yorkshire)

From Old French diamant, from Late Latin diamās, from Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas). Doublet of adamant.

• IPA^(key): /ˌdiːaˈma(u̯)nt/, /ˈdiːaˌma(u̯)nt/, (especially West Midland or Yorkshire) /-a(u̯)nd/

dyamaunt (plural dyamauntes)

1. diamond (valuable gemstone composed of carbon)
2. (figurative) A valuable individual.

• English: diamond
• Middle Scots: diamant, diamand
  • Scots: diament, diamond
• → Welsh: diemwnt

• “dīamaunt, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 May 2018.