like a stock, or block of wood; stupid; dull; thickheaded
Derived forms
stockishly (ˈstockishly)
adverb
stockish in American English
(ˈstɑkɪʃ)
adjective
like a block of wood; stupid
Derived forms
stockishly
adverb
stockishness
noun
Word origin
[1590–1600; stock + -ish1]This word is first recorded in the period 1590–1600. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: attack, investment, jolt, radius, volunteer-ish is a suffix used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense of “belonging to”(British; Danish; English; Spanish); “after the manner of,” “having the characteristics of,” “like” (babyish; girlish; mulish); “addicted to,” “inclined or tending to” (bookish; freakish); “near or about” (fiftyish; sevenish)