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Definition of Flinty

1. Adjective. Containing flint.

2. Adjective. Showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings. "The child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"

Definition of Flinty

1. a. Consisting of, composed of, abounding in, or resembling, flint; as, a flinty rock; flinty ground; a flinty heart.

Definition of Flinty

1. Adjective. Resembling or containing flint. ¹

2. Adjective. Showing a lack of emotion. ¹

3. Adjective. Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flinty

1. resembling flint [adj FLINTIER, FLINTIEST] : FLINTILY [adv]

Medical Definition of Flinty

1. Consisting of, composed of, abounding in, or resembling, flint; as, a flinty rock; flinty ground; a flinty heart. Flinty rock, or Flinty state, a siliceous slate; basanite is here included. See Basanite. Origin: Flintier; Flintiest. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flinty

flintiest flintify flintily flintiness flintinesses flinting flintings flintlike flintlock flintlocks

flints flintstone flintstones flintware flintwood flinty (current term) flip flip-flap flip-flop flip-flopped

flip-flopper flip-floppers flip-flopping flip-flops flip-in flip-ins flip-over disease flip-screen flip a bitch flip angle

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