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Definitions for flinty
ˈflɪn tiflinty
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Princeton's WordNet
flintyadjective
containing flint
flinty, flint, granitic, obdurate, stonyadjective
showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
"his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"
Wiktionary
flintyadjective
Resembling or containing flint.
flintyadjective
Showing a lack of emotion.
flintyadjective
Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Flintyadjective
Etymology: from flint.
Tyrant custom
Hath made the flinty and steel couch of war
My thrice-driven bed of down. William Shakespeare, Othello.A pointed flinty rock, all bare and black,
Grew gibbous from behind the mountain’s back. Dryden.The gathering up of flints in flinty ground, and laying them on heaps, is no good husbandry. Francis Bacon, Natural History.
I did him a desired office,
Dear almost as his life; which gratitude,
Through flinty Tartar’s bosom, would peep forth,
And answer thanks. William Shakespeare, All’s well that ends well.
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flinty
Flinty generally refers to being unyieldingly firm, stern, or hard; showing unfeeling resistance and determination. It can also refer to being emotionally tough or lacking softness and sentimentality. The term is derived from the hard, sedimentary form of mineral quartz known as flint. In literal sense, it can mean similar to or containing flint.
Webster Dictionary
Flinty
consisting of, composed of, abounding in, or resembling, flint; as, a flinty rock; flinty ground; a flinty heart
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of flinty in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of flinty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
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