Etymology

rockish

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Today it means: Like a rock; stony; (figuratively) hard; callous Full definition →

English rock ← Middle English rokke ← Anglo-Norman roque
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rockish · adjective1

  1. Medieval Latinroccabor.?
  2. Old English*rocc
  3. Early Medieval Latinrocca
  4. Anglo-Normanroque
  5. Middle Englishrokke
  6. Englishrock
  7. English todayrockish

From rock (“stone”) + -ish.

rockish · adjective2

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

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