alexithymic vs flinty

alexithymic

adj
  • Lacking in emotion or emotional expression. 

  • Pertaining to or having alexithymia. 

noun
  • A person who has difficulty feeling, processing or understanding emotions 

flinty

adj
  • Showing a lack of emotion. 

  • Resembling or containing flint. 

  • Having a taste characteristic of certain white wines, especially Chablis, supposed to evoke the sensation of flint striking steel. 

  • Siliceous (including basanite). 

How often have the words alexithymic and flinty occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )