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stockish
[ stok-ish ]
adjective
- like a block of wood; stupid.
stockish
/ ˈstɒkɪʃ /
adjective
- stupid or dull
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Derived Forms
- ˈstockishly, adverb
- ˈstockishness, noun
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Other Words From
- stockish·ly adverb
- stockish·ness noun
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Example Sentences
Nought so stockish, hard, and full of rage, / But music for the time doth change its nature.
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My cousin said he prayed that her prophecy might come true, but I remained hard and stockish.
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The pilgrim is throughout a pale and stockish figure; but the devil covers a multitude of defects.
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