stony
Significado (Inglés)
- As hard as stone.
- Containing or made up of stones.
- (figuratively) Lacking warmth and emotion.
- (figuratively) Showing no warmth of emotion.
- (Australia, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang) Ellipsis of stony broke: without any money.
Oposto a
soft, passionate, warm, welcoming
Sinónimos
full of rocks
full of stones
of stone
made of stones
rocky place
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Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˈstəʊni/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)
In summary
From Middle English stony, stoni, stani, from Old English stāniġ, stǣniġ (“stony, rocky”), from Proto-Germanic *stainagaz (“stony”), equivalent to stone + -y. Cognate with Scots stany (“stony”), West Frisian stienich (“stony”), Dutch stenig (“stony, metalled”), German steinig (“stony, rocky, gravelly”), Swedish stenig (“stony, rocky, pebbly”).
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