schisty adjective1 •Containing or composed of schist; resembling schist; (of a wine) having a mineral aroma resembling that of schistThe Upper Douro wine began to fetch great prices, and this was the signal for the cultivation, bit by bit, of the whole region as far as the schisty soil, which gave the good wine, reached. — 1884 formsmore schisty · most schisty