stockish
[ stok-ish ]
/ ˈstɒk ɪʃ /
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adjective
like a block of wood; stupid.
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Example sentences from the Web for stockish
Nought so stockish, hard, and full of rage, / But music for the time doth change its nature.
My cousin said he prayed that her prophecy might come true, but I remained hard and stockish.
More Pages from a Journal|Mark RutherfordThe pilgrim is throughout a pale and stockish figure; but the devil covers a multitude of defects.
Lay Morals|Robert Louis Stevenson
British Dictionary definitions for stockish
stockish
/ (ˈstɒkɪʃ) /
adjective
stupid or dull
Derived forms of stockish
stockishly, adverbstockishness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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