flinty
English
Etymology
From flint + -y.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflɪnti/
- Rhymes: -ɪnti
Adjective
flinty (comparative flintier or more flinty, superlative flintiest or most flinty)
- Resembling or containing flint.
- (geology) Siliceous (including basanite).
- flinty rock
- flinty slate
- (figuratively) Showing a lack of emotion.
- 2012 August 22, Andy Beckett, “Britannia Unchained: the rise of the new Tory right”, in The Guardian:
- Public opinion has turned flintier in recent years on welfare spending.
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- (wine) Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel.
Translations
Resembling or containing flint.
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Silieceous; flinty rock, flinty slate.
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Showing a lack of emotion.
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Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines.
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Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈflin.tɨ/
- Rhymes: -intɨ
- Syllabification: flin‧ty
Noun
flinty f
- inflection of flinta:
- genitive singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural