adj
Meaning 1
Resembling or containing flint; hard like flint.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
flinty
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Meaning 2
Siliceous (including basanite).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
Examples
- flinty rock
- flinty slate
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adj
Meaning 3
Showing a lack of emotion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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adj
Meaning 4
Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: beverages, food, lifestyle, oenology, wine
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adjective
Meaning 5
containing flint
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his flinty gaze
- the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flint, granitic, obdurate, stony
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English flint Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English flinty From flint + -y.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: кремъчен (kremǎčen) — Resembling or containing flint.
- German: feuersteinartig — Resembling or containing flint.
- German: feuersteinhaltig — Resembling or containing flint.
- Polish: krzemienny — Resembling or containing flint.
- German: Feuerstein- — Silieceous; flinty rock, flinty slate.
- German: Kiesel- — Silieceous; flinty rock, flinty slate.
- Bulgarian: суров (surov) — Showing a lack of emotion.
- Bulgarian: безчувствен (bezčuvstven) — Showing a lack of emotion.
- German: hartherzig — Showing a lack of emotion.
- German: hart — Showing a lack of emotion.
- German: herzlos — Showing a lack of emotion.
- German: gefühllos — Showing a lack of emotion.
- German: flintig — Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines.
- German: mineralisch — Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines.
- German: Feuerstein- — Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines.