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Granitic

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gran·ite  (grnt)
n.
1. A common, coarse-grained, light-colored, hard igneous rock consisting chiefly of quartz, orthoclase or microcline, and mica, used in monuments and for building.
2. Unyielding endurance; steadfastness: a will of granite.
[Italian granito, from past participle of granire, to make grainy, from grano, grain, from Latin grnum; see g-no- in Indo-European roots.]
gra·nitic (gr-ntk, gr-), granit·oid (grn-toid) adj.
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Adj.1.granitic - showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; "his flinty gaze"; "the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart"
flint, flinty, obdurate, stony
hardhearted, heartless - lacking in feeling or pity or warmth
2.granitic - hard as granite; "a granitic fist"
granitelike, rocklike, stony
hard - resisting weight or pressure
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While the granitic summits of the Rocky Mountains are bleak and bare, many of the inferior ridges are scantily clothed with scrubbed pines, oaks, cedar, and furze.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
In about three hours the Victoria was crossing with extreme rapidity an expanse of stony country, with ranges of lofty, naked mountains of granitic formation at the base.
Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context
As far as the eye could reach the surface of the water was dotted with countless tiny isles--some of towering, barren, granitic rock--others resplendent in gorgeous trappings of tropical vegetation, myriad starred with the magnificent splendor of vivid blooms.
At the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
 
 
 
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