stonehard

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Etymology

From Middle English ston-hard, ston-harde, from Old English *stānheard (attested in names: stanhard, stanart, stannard, etc.), equivalent to stone +‎ hard.

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stonehard (not comparable)

  1. Hard as stone
    • 1998, Oliver Stone, A Child's Night Dream, →ISBN, page 51:
      To stare into his cold stonehard heart.
    • 2013, D. de Moulin, A short history of breast cancer, page 12:
      The second patient of Cosmas and Damian was suffering from a stone-hard tumour in the breast, that had given rise to a contraction around the nipple.

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