#initial-load-header-loader { visibility: hidden!important; } #initial-load-content { visibility: visible!important; } .expandable .expandable-control { display: none!important; } .expandable .expandable-content { display: block!important; visibility: visible!important; max-height: none!important; height: auto!important; }

rockiness

¹

[rok-ee-nis]

|

noun

the state or condition of being rocky.

RELATED CONTENT

Words of the 60s: Far Out!Read more in this article about some frequently asked questions and fun facts related to our definitions.

man bun Read more in this article about some frequently asked questions and fun facts related to our definitions.

Origin of rockiness

¹

First recorded in 1605–15; rocky¹ + -ness

rockiness

²

[rok-ee-nis]

noun

the state or condition of a person who is shaky or unsteady, as from drinking, fatigue, or illness.

Origin of rockiness

²

rocky² + -ness

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for rockiness

Our passage was attended with great difficulty, owing to the rapidity of the stream, and the rockiness of the bottom.
Narrative of the Operations of a Detachment in an Expedition to Candy, in the Island of Ceylon, in the Year 1804|Arthur Johnston
Flatness is a sublime quality in certain landscapes, just as rockiness is a sublime quality in others.
Robert Browning|G. K. Chesterton
The rockiness of the soil in Ireland is so universal that it predominates in every sort.
A Tour in Ireland|Arthur Young