What does stockish mean?
Stockish means (obsolete) Like a stock; stupid; blockish..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(obsolete) Like a stock; stupid; blockish..
Since naught so stockish, hard, and full of rage, But music for the time doth change his nature.
Many who have "plied their book diligently," and know all about some one branch or another of accepted lore, come out of the study with an ancient and owl-like demeanour, and prove dry, stockish, and dyspeptic in all the better and brighter parts of life.
Use stockish when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Stockish means (obsolete) Like a stock; stupid; blockish..
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Since naught so stockish, hard, and full of rage, But music for the time doth change his nature.
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