stoniness

English

Etymology

From Middle English stonines, stonynez, equivalent to stony +‎ -ness.

Noun

stoniness (usually uncountable, plural stoninesses)

1. The state or quality of being stony.
   2. (literally) The state or quality of being full of stones.

      Synonym: rockiness

      the stoniness of this soil

   4. (figuratively) The state or quality of being like stone: immovable, unpersuadable, emotionally cold, or stoic.

      Near-synonyms: coldness, iciness, stoicism

Related terms

• stonelike

 

References

• “stoniness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.