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rockish
rockish
English
Adjective
rockish (comparative more rockish, superlative most rockish)
- Like a rock; stony; (figuratively) hard; callous
- 1837, William Greenhill, James Sherman, An Exposition of the Prophet Ezekiel:
- God did strike them with Egyptian and Babylonish rods, but there were no tears, no relentings, no returnings, but grew harder and harder, even to a rockish hardiness.
- 1837, William Greenhill, James Sherman, An Exposition of the Prophet Ezekiel:
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From rock (“rock music”) + -ish.
Adjective
rockish (comparative more rockish, superlative most rockish)
- (music) That has the characteristics of rock music.