flinty

English

Etymology

From flint +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈflɪnti/
Rhymes: -ɪnti

Adjective

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

Resembling or containing flint.
(geology) Silieceous (including basanite).
flinty rock; flinty slate
Showing a lack of emotion.
Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel.

Translations

Resembling or containing flint.

Bulgarian: кремъчен (kremǎčen)

German: feuersteinartig, feuersteinhaltig

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-

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