English

Noun

rockness ‎(uncountable)

1. The essence of what it means to be a rock; the qualities that make a rock what it is.
   • 2009, Robert C. Atchley, Spirituality and Aging, Johns Hopkins University Press (2009), ISBN 9780801891199, page 26:

     We do not have to become a rock to study rocks, but we do have to understand the nature of “rockness.”

   • 2011, Max Lucado, The Lucado Inspirational Reader: Hope and Encouragement for Your Everyday Life, Thomas Nelson (2011), ISBN 9780849948305, page 190:

     You can't impact the treeness of a tree, the skyness of the sky, or the rockness of a rock.

   • 2011, C. Alexander Simpkins & Annellen M. Simpkins, Zen Meditation in Psychotherapy: Techniques for Clinical Practice, John Wiley & Sons (2011), ISBN 9781118159330, page 99:

     He asked, how can you truly know the rockness of a rock by categorizing it? Simply dividing it into smaller pieces, weighing it, and looking at its properties may tell you a great deal about what it is like, but what it is, its essence, its rockness, escapes such analysis […]

2. (slang) The quality of music being rock music, or generally "rocking" (being excitingly good).