different between rocklike vs stony

English

Alternative forms

• rock-like

Etymology

rock +? -like

Adjective

rocklike (comparative more rocklike, superlative most rocklike)

1. Resembling a rock.
   • 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses Episode 12, The Cyclops

     From shoulder to shoulder he measured several ells and his rocklike mountainous knees were covered, as was likewise the rest of his body wherever visible,...

2. Resembling rock music.

Synonyms

• (resembling a rock): stonelike
• (resembling rock music): rockish, rockesque

Translations

Anagrams

• corklike

English

Alternative forms

• stoney (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English stony, stoni, stani, from Old English st?ni?, st?ni? (“stony, rocky”), from Proto-Germanic *stainagaz (“stony”), equivalent to stone +? -y. Cognate with Scots stany (“stony”), West Frisian stienich (“stony”), Dutch stenig (“stony, metalled”), German steinig (“stony, rocky, gravelly”), Swedish stenig (“stony, rocky, pebbly”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?st??ni/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sto?ni/
• Rhymes: -??ni

Adjective

stony (comparative stonier, superlative stoniest)

1. As hard as stone.

   Synonym: rock-hard

   Antonym: soft

2. Containing or made up of stones.

   Synonyms: pebbly, rocky, shingly

3. (figuratively) Of a person, lacking warmth and emotion.

   Synonyms: cold, cool, hard-hearted, heartless, impassive, unemotional, unfeeling

   Antonyms: passionate, warm

4. (figuratively) Of an action such as a look, showing no warmth of emotion.

   Synonyms: cold, cool, frosty, unwelcoming

   Antonyms: welcoming, warm

5. (Britain and Australia, slang) Short for stony broke: without any money.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:impoverished

Derived terms

• stonily
• stoniness
• stony coral
• stony-faced
• stonyhearted

Translations

References

• “stony, adj.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1917

Anagrams

• Tonys, Tyson, synto

Middle English

Alternative forms

• stoni, stani, stani?, stany, stonye

Etymology

From Old English st?ni?, from Proto-Germanic *stainagaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st??ni?/

Adjective

stony

1. Comprised or composed of stone or rock
2. Made or built of stone or rock
3. Covered in stones or pebbles
4. Inhabiting a stony environment
5. (figuratively) emotionless; stolid
6. (medicine) hard, solid

Descendants

• English: stony
• Scots: stany

References

• “st?n?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-10.