rockishadj.1
/ˈrɒkɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈrɑkɪʃ/ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > by habitat or distribution > [adjective] > growing on or amongst rocks, stone, or gravel
rockish1562
rocky1599
ruderary1727
rupestrean1786
saxatile1786
rupestrine1787
rupestral1834
ruderal1835
viatical1847
glareose1866
glareous1880
epilithic1900
1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball ii. f. 71 The rockishe ashe is of a yelow color.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > rock > [adjective]
rochena1400
rocky?c1475
rockish1570
saxous1657
rupellaryc1660
1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. Aiiijv Consider the rockish huge mountaines, and the perilous vnbeaten wayes.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 51 On the typ of rockish turret stood gastlye Celœno.
1663 G. Harvey Archelogia Philosophica Nova II. ii. vi. 291 In a short space changing whatever is cast into it into a stonish or rockish body.
3. Resembling a rock; rock-like. Also figurative.
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1908 La Crosse (Wisconsin) Tribune 22 Apr. 4/5 The stone was about as large as the average wood-shed and was composed of a black rockish substance.
a1945 E. R. Eddison Mezentian Gate (1958) vi. 57 Rockish imperturbability.
2001 C. Mader Kids' Trav. Guide to Ten Commandments iii. 34 When the plaster has completely hardened, give it a gray, rockish color by scribbling all over it with a pencil.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
rockishadj.2
/ˈrɒkɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈrɑkɪʃ/ Originally U.S.
Characteristic or reminiscent of rock music. With quot. 1955 cf. rock 'n' roll n.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > pop music > [adjective] > qualities of pop
metal?1518
anthemic1890
Afro-Latin-American1900
sun-kissed1907
heavy1937
Latin American1937
Memphis1938
sun-drenched1943
indie1945
rockish1955
hardcore1957
doo-wop1958
middle of the road1959
Latin1962
straight-ahead1964
easy listening1965
Motown1965
funky1967
post-rock1967
rocky1967
rock-out1968
funkadelic1969
funked out1970
grungy1971
punk1971
grunge1972
Philly1972
dub1973
drum and bass1975
disco funky1976
punkish1976
reggaefied1976
Britpop1977
post-punk1977
anarcho-punk1979
rap1980
trash rock1980
crunchy1981
industrial1981
New Romantic1981
rockist1981
garage1982
hip-hop1982
thrashy1982
urban1982
Gothic1983
hip-hopping1983
beat-box1984
lo-fi1986
technoid1986
hip-house1987
acid house1988
new jack1988
old school1988
techno1988
baggy1990
banging1990
gangsta1990
filthy1991
handbaggy1991
nu skool1991
sampladelic1991
junglist1993
1955 Chester (Pa.) Times 17 Sept. 28/1 Haley..whipped into a couple of choruses of something rockish and rollish.
1957 Independent Star-News (Pasadena, Calif.) 15 May (Living section) 6/1 Down tempo ballad with a strong, almost rockish beat.
1977 Detroit Free Press 11 Dec. c22/4 What he does do, and do well, is put his rockish ballad voice to baby songs such as ‘Baby, You're the One’.
1993 Guardian 18 June (G2 section) 7/1 London trio Let Loose play relatively rockish self-penned tunes, and baby-lads East 17 write their own glossy techno-pop.
2004 S. Yanow Jazz on Film 103/1 Davis's band has a lighter feel than it did a few years earlier (with Foley's high-note bass playing taking the place of the rockish guitar).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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