flinty

English

Etymology

From flint +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflɪnti/

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• Rhymes: -ɪnti

Adjective

flinty (comparative flintier or more flinty, superlative flintiest or most flinty)

1. Resembling or containing flint; hard like flint.
   • 1973, Patsy Adam Smith, The Barcoo Salute, Adelaide: Rigby, page 2:

     It was late at night and frosty; high above them on the hills the cloppety clop, cloppety clop of a horse's hooves picking their way on the flinty stone track died away in the distance.

2. (geology) Siliceous (including basanite).

   flinty rock

   flinty slate

3. (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.

   • 2023 August 9, “Robbie Robertson, 80, Dies; Canadian Songwriter Captured American Spirit”, in The New York Times‎:

     While the texture of his playing was often flinty, his licks and leads were flush with feeling.

4. (wine) Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel.

Derived terms

• flintily
• flintiness
• flinty-eyed
• unflinty

Translations

Resembling or containing flint.

Bulgarian: кремъчен (kremǎčen) German: feuersteinartig, feuersteinhaltig Polish: krzemienny (pl)

Silieceous; flinty rock, flinty slate.

German: Feuerstein-, Kiesel-

Showing a lack of emotion.

Bulgarian: суров (bg) (surov), безчувствен (bg) (bezčuvstven) German: hartherzig (de), hart (de), herzlos (de), gefühllos (de)

Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines.

German: flintig, mineralisch (de), Feuerstein-

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflin.tɘ/
• Rhymes: -intɘ
• Syllabification: flin‧ty

Noun

flinty f

1. inflection of flinta:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural