stonish

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English stonish, equivalent to stone +‎ -ish.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈstəʊnɪʃ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈstoʊnɪʃ/

Adjective

stonish (comparative more stonish, superlative most stonish)

1. Characteristically like stone; stony.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈstɒnɪʃ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈstɑnɪʃ/
• Rhymes: (UK) -ɒnɪʃ, (US) -ɑnɪʃ

Verb

stonish (third-person singular simple present stonishes, present participle stonishing, simple past and past participle stonished)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of astonish
   • 1595, Edmunde Spenser [i.e., Edmund Spenser], “[Amoretti.] Sonnet XVI”, in Amoretti and Epithalamion. […], London: […] [Peter Short] for William Ponsonby, →OCLC, signature B, verso:

     One day as I vnvvarily did gaze / on thoſe fayre eyes my loues immortall light: / the vvhiles my ſtoniſht hart ſtood in amaze, / through ſvveet illuſion of her lookes delight.

     An adjective use.

References

• “stonish”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• shits on