stockish

American  

[stok-ish] / ˈstɒk ɪʃ /

adjective

1. like a block of wood; stupid.

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stockish British  

/ ˈstɒkɪʃ /

adjective

1. stupid or dull

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Other Word Forms

• stockishness
  noun
• stockishly
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of stockish

First recorded in 1590–1600; stock + -ish ¹

Example Sentences

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stockish

Although little has been recorded of the intimacies of Washington's youth, there are indications of more than one "flame" and that he was not dull and stockish with the young women.

From George Washington by Thayer, William Roscoe

The pilgrim is throughout a pale and stockish figure; but the devil covers a multitude of defects. 

From Lay Morals by Stevenson, Robert Louis

I could never deny, in looking back upon what followed, that I was eminently stockish; and I must say the ladies were well drilled to have so long a patience with me.

From David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona by Stevenson, Robert Louis

"I told you—I told you—" she choked, her stockish figure shaking with rage, "I told you—you—" He put up his elbow as if to ward off a blow.

From Widdershins by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

He crushed with his contempt the two stockish imbeciles who did not understand the sublimity of his song, which opened wide the heavens!

From Jean-Christophe, Volume I by Cannan, Gilbert