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rocky

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(Engels)

  1. Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.
  2. Like a rock; rigid, solid.
  3. Having a habitat around or on rocks.
  4. (archaic, figuratively) Not easily affected or impressed; stony; hard; obdurate; unfeeling.

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈɹɒki/
Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English
rokki
Geërf van Old English
*rocc
Geërf van Middle English
rokken
Geërf van Old English
roccian
In summary

From Middle English rokki, rokky (“rocky”), from rok, rokke (“rock; a rock or stone; large rock by a coast or in the sea; rocky outcrop on a mountain, cliff; castle, citadel, stronghold”) [and other forms] + -i (suffix forming adjectives). Rok, rokke are derived from: * Old English *rocc (“rock”); and * Anglo-Norman roc, roce, roque, and Old French roce, roke, roque, variants of roche (“rock”); both from Medieval Latin roca, rocca; further etymology uncertain, possibly of Celtic origin. The English word is analysable as rock + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’).

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