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rockish¹

adjective more rockish · most rockish

  1. Like a rock; stony; (figuratively) hard; callous God did strike them with Egyptian and Babylonish rods, but there were no tears, no relentings, no returnings, but grew harder and harder, even to a rockish hardiness.

Similar: rocky

rockish²

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From rock (“rock music”) + -ish. Piecewise doublet of rockesque.

adjective more rockish · most rockish

  1. That has the characteristics of rock music.

    Similar: rockesque, rocklike

Similar: rocky

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"rockish." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rockish. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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rockish. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/rockish

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"rockish." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/rockish.

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@misc{rockish_2026,
  title = {rockish},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rockish},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}