granitic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite showing unfeeling resistance to tender feelings
    obdurate; flint; flinty; stony.
    • his flinty gaze
    • the child's misery would move even the most obdurate heart
  2. adjective satellite hard as granite
    granitelike; stony; rocklike.
    • a granitic fist

WordNet

Gra*nit"ic adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. granitique.
Definitions
  1. Like granite in composition, color, etc.; having the nature of granite; as, granitic texture.
  2. Consisting of granite; as, granitic mountains.

Webster 1913