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Stoniness

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being stony.; The state or quality of being full of stones. literally, uncountable, usually

    "the stoniness of this soil"

  2. 2
    The state or quality of being stony.; The state or quality of being like stone: immovable, unpersuadable, emotionally cold, or stoic. figuratively, uncountable, usually

    "Near-synonyms: coldness, iciness, stoicism"

Etymology

From Middle English stonines, stonynez, equivalent to stony + -ness.

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