stoninessn.
/ˈstəʊnɪnɪs/ The quality or condition of being stony.
1.
a. literal. The fact of having the character of stone, or being full of stones (or of hard substance like stone).
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > [noun] > quality
stoniness1600
petreity1711
lapidity1750
the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > [noun] > stone-fruit or drupe > fact of having a stone or stones
stoniness1600
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. liv. 369 Figges..their stonines or being without stones.
1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 38 Arabia Petrea (named so either from the Stoniness thereof or from Petra..the Capital City).
1789 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Glocestershire II. 40 Notwithstanding the stoniness of the soil.
b. concrete. Stony matter or deposit. rare.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > stone > stony material > [noun]
stonage1618
stoniness1649
1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver vii. 38 Oft-times thou commest immediately unto a little Gravill, or Stoninesse.
1760 R. Brown Compl. Farmer: Pt. 2 5 Where anything of small gravel or stonyness is to be found.
2. figurative. Hardness, insensibility, unfeelingness.
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the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > callousness or hard-heartedness
induration1493
indurateness1537
induritness1558
hardenedness1571
stoniness1571
hard-heartedness1577
apathy1603
indolence1603
dedolence1606
flintiness1607
dedolencya1617
searedness1620
callosity1628
indolencya1631
brawnedness1631
calluma1640
atrocity1641
dead-heartedness1642
brawninessa1645
callousness1653
stony-heartedness1673
petrification1678
unsolicitousnessa1683
callus1683
heartlessness1701
petrifaction1722
unreckingness1873
Gradgrindery1920
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xviii. 26) i. f. 62 God hardeneth himself..and becometh steely ageinst their stonnynesse.
1626 J. Cotton Let. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. xciv. 339 Before the Heart be changed from Stoniness to Brokenness.
1854 T. T. Lynch Lett. to Scattered (1872) 383 The stoniness of his own heart may remain.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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