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stonish en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

/ˈstoʊnɪʃ/ (US)
(Southern-England) audio
/ˈstəʊnɪʃ/ (UK)

Etymology

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

Meanings

Characteristically like stone; stony.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
most stonish	Degree=Sup		lexicographic
more stonish	Degree=Cmp		lexicographic

stonish en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

/ˈstɑnɪʃ/ (US)
/ˈstɒnɪʃ/ (UK)
(Southern-England) audio

Meanings

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

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
stonishing	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
stonishes	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
stonished	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
stonished	Tense=Past		lexicographic