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granitic

Pronunciation:  gru'nitik

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 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  having austere inflexibility; "a flinty manner"; "granitic morality"; "his unyielding mouth and glassy eyes"- Marchette Chute
  2. [adj]  hard as granite; "a granitic fist"
 
 Synonyms: flinty, granitelike, hard, inflexible, rocklike, stony, unyielding
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gra*nit"ic\, a. [Cf. F. granitique.]
1. Like granite in composition, color, etc.; having the
   nature of granite; as, granitic texture.

2. Consisting of granite; as, granitic mountains.

 

 

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