rocky.
Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.
Meaning & usage
Abounding in, or full of, rocks; consisting of rocks.
a rocky mountain a rocky shore
Like a rock; rigid, solid.
Having a habitat around or on rocks.
Not easily affected or impressed; stony; hard; obdurate; unfeeling.
to have a rocky heart
Having little or no money; stony broke.
Where this word comes from
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’).
Easily rocked; unstable.
The table was rocky, so we put a book under one leg.
Encountering many problems; difficult, troubled; also, in danger or distress.
Their relationship had weathered some rocky times, but they loved each other.
Of a person: ill, or unsteady (for example, as a result of a shock).
Where this word comes from
From rock (“to move back and forth”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’). Rock is derived from Middle English rokken (“to move (something, such as a cradle) back and forth; to move or sway back and forth in an unstable manner; to go”) […], from Old English roccian (“to rock”), from Proto-Germanic *rukkōną (“to move; to move back and forth, rock”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rewk- (“to dig; to till (soil)”).
In the style of rock music.
His new album is quite rocky.
Where this word comes from
From rock (“rock and roll music”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘having the quality of’).
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