stockish

[stok-ish]

adjective

like a block of wood; stupid.

Origin of stockish

First recorded in 1590–1600; stock + -ish¹

Related formsstock·ish·ly, adverbstock·ish·ness, noun

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Historical Examples of stockish

My cousin said he prayed that her prophecy might come true, but I remained hard and stockish.
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Mark Rutherford
Nought so stockish, hard, and full of rage, / But music for the time doth change its nature.
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James Wood
The pilgrim is throughout a pale and stockish figure; but the devil covers a multitude of defects.
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Robert Louis Stevenson

British Dictionary definitions for stockish

stockish

adjective

stupid or dull

Derived Formsstockishly, adverbstockishness, noun

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