Meaning of stockish | Babel Free
Examples
“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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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