Hypertext Webster Gateway: "granitic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Granitic \Gra*nit"ic\, a. [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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
granitic
adj 1: hard as granite; "a granitic fist" [syn: {granitelike}, {rocklike},
{stony}]
2: having austere inflexibility; "a flinty manner"; "granitic
morality"; "his unyielding mouth and glassy eyes"-
Marchette Chute [syn: {flinty}, {unyielding}]
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