stockish

[ stok-ish ]

adjective

1. like a block of wood; stupid.

stockish

/ ˈstɒkɪʃ /

adjective

1. stupid or dull

Derived Forms

• ˈstockishness, noun
• ˈstockishly, adverb

Other Words From

• stockish·ly adverb
• stockish·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of stockish¹

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

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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