different between stony vs adamantine

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.

English

Etymology

From Middle English adamantine, from Latin adamantinus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æd??mænta?n/

Adjective

adamantine (comparative more adamantine, superlative most adamantine)

1. Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated.
   • 1674, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book I, lines 44–49:

     Him the Almighty Power

     Hurld headlong flaming from th' Ethereal Skie

     With hideous ruine and combustion down

     To bottomless perdition, there to dwell

     In Adamantine Chains and penal Fire,

     Who durst defie th' Omnipotent to Arms.

   • 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History

     For two hours they stand; Bouillé's sword glittering in his hand, adamantine resolution clouding his brows[.]

   • 1984, Gayle Rubin, "Thinking Sex" in Carole S. Vance, Pleasure and Danger: Exploring Female Sexuality (Boston: Routledge and Kegan Paul), 267-319.

     Sex law is the most adamantine instrument of sexual stratification and erotic persecution.

2. Like the diamond in hardness or luster.

Translations

Anagrams

• amantadine, antamanide, diamantane

French

Adjective

adamantine

1. feminine singular of adamantin

Italian

Adjective

adamantine f pl

1. feminine plural of adamantino

Latin

Adjective

adamantine

1. vocative masculine singular of adamantinus

Middle English

Alternative forms

• adamantyne, adamauntyn

Etymology

From Latin adamantinus; equivalent to adamant +? -ine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ad??manti?n(?)/, /ad??mau?nti?n(?)/

Adjective

adamantine

1. (rare) Relating to adamant; adamantine.

Descendants

• English: adamantine

References

• “adama(u)nt?n, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-11.