GRANITIC

granitic, granitelike, rocklike, stony

(adjective) hard as granite; “a granitic fist”

flinty, flint, granitic, obdurate, stony

(adjective) showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings; “his flinty gaze”; “the child’s misery would move even the most obdurate heart”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

granitic (comparative more granitic, superlative most granitic)

Of, pertaining to, or containing granite.

Anagrams

• angritic

Source: Wiktionary


Gra*nit"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. granitique.]

1. Like granite in composition, color, etc.; having the nature of granite; as, granitic texture.

2. Consisting of granite; as, granitic mountains.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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CURE

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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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