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rockness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From rock + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The essence of what it means to be a rock; the qualities that make a rock what it is.
    • We do not have to become a rock to study rocks, but we do have to understand the nature of “rockness.” 2009, Robert C. Atchley, Spirituality and Aging, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 26:
    • You can't impact the treeness of a tree, the skyness of the sky, or the rockness of a rock. 2011, Max Lucado, The Lucado Inspirational Reader: Hope and Encouragement for Your Everyday Life, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 190:
    • He asked, how can you truly know the rockness of a rock by categorizing it? Simply dividing it into smaller pieces, weighing it, and looking at its properties may tell you a great deal about what it is like, but what it is, its essence, its rockness, escapes such analysis […] 2011, C. Alexander Simpkins, Annellen M. Simpkins, Zen Meditation in Psychotherapy: Techniques for Clinical Practice, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 99:
  2. (slang, uncountable) The quality of music being rock music, or generally "rocking" (being excitingly good).