rockish

adj — 2 senses

rockish

adj

Etymology From rock (“stone”) + -ish.

1

Like a rock; stony; (figuratively) hard; callous

God did strike them with Egyptian and Babylonish rods, but there were no tears, no relentings, no returnings, but grew harder and harder, even to a rockish hardiness.1837, William Greenhill, James Sherman, An Exposition of the Prophet Ezekiel:

Synonyms: rocky

rockish

adj

Etymology From rock (“rock music”) + -ish. Piecewise doublet of rockesque.

1

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music That has the characteristics of rock music.

Synonyms: rockesque, rocklike, rocky
Related terms: poppish, folk-rockish

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