different between roky vs rocky

English

Etymology

roke +? -y

Adjective

roky (comparative more roky, superlative most roky)

1. (Britain, dialect) misty; foggy; cloudy
   • 1993, Annie Proulx, The Shipping News, Scribner (1999), ?ISBN, page 40:

     They walked around in the roky damp, in silence.

References

1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words Not Generally Used

Anagrams

• Kory, York, york

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?rok?]

Noun

roky

1. nominative/accusative/vocative/instrumental plural of rok

English

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): [????ki?]
• (UK) enPR: r?k'i, IPA^(key): /???ki/, [????ki?]
• (US) IPA^(key): [????ki]
• Rhymes: -?ki

Etymology 1

From rock (“to move back and forth”) +? -y.

Adjective

rocky (comparative rockier or more rocky, superlative rockiest or most rocky)

1. Unstable; easily rocked.

2. In the style of rock music.

   His new album is quite rocky.

3. (figuratively) Troubled; or difficult; in danger or distress.

   Their relationship had weathered some rocky times, but they loved each other.

Derived terms

• rockily
• rockiness
• rocky chair

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English rokky, equivalent to rock (“stone”) +? -y.

Adjective

rocky (comparative rockier or more rocky, superlative rockiest or most rocky)

1. Full of, or abounding in, rocks; consisting of rocks.

   a rocky mountain

   a rocky shore

2. Like a rock.

   the rocky orb of a shield

3. (figuratively) Not easily impressed or affected; hard; unfeeling; obdurate

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• corky