stone-heartedness

A form of stoneheartedness — The state or quality of being stonehearted; remorselessness, lack of pity or compassion.

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Meanings

nounstone-heartedness (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of stoneheartedness.

    Some are relatively clear, such as Wilde's visitation at the table-turning séance: Sibyl Vane kills herself because of Dorian Gray's singular stone-heartedness, and the dead author speaks in “garbled French” because he is addressing the supercilious Frenchman;

    2014, Vladimir E. Alexandrov, The Garland Companion to Vladimir Nabokov, →ISBN, page 113

Origin

From stone-hearted + -ness.

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APA

stone-heartedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stone-heartedness

MLA

“stone-heartedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stone-heartedness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stone-heartedness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stone-heartedness.

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