flinty
English
/ˈflɪnti/
adj
Definitions
- Resembling or containing flint.
- (geology) Siliceous (including basanite).
- Showing a lack of emotion.
- Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel.
Etymology
Suffix from English flint.
Origin
English
flint
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- flint English
- flinthead English
- flintify English
- flintily English
- flintiness English
- flintknapper English
- flintknapping English
- flintlike English
- flintlock English
- flintstone English
- flintware English
- flintwood English
- gunflint English
- nonflint English
- unflinty English
- flynt Middle English
- Flint Cebuano