stocious
stocious adjective: very drunk, intoxicated.
Adjective
stocious (comparative more stocious, superlative most stocious)
- very drunk, intoxicated
- By contrast they have a whole flock of words to discriminate the various degrees of intoxication. Beginning with the delightful “Drink-taken,” you have half-towed, sizzled, flukaw, flutered, spifflu, langers, and stocious. The last word rhymes with atrocious and means thickly speaking drunk....1949, Charles Graves, Ireland Revisited, page 20
- Asked by the committee chairman, Mr Batt O'Keeffe, why young people were going out at night "to get absolutely stocious drunk", he suggested young people were influenced by what they saw around them, including the excesses of adults.2003 January 24, Eithne Donnellan, “A&E doctors to be asked about young drinkers in hospitals”, in The Irish Times
- Synonyms:
- drunk
Synonyms of stocious
Forms of stocious
| comparative | more stocious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most stocious |
| alternative form | stotious |
| alternative form | stoshious |
| alternative form | stotius |
| alternative form | stocius |
| alternative form | stoshus |
| alternative form | stoshous |
| alternative form | stoshius |
| alternative form | stoatious |
| alternative form | stoshers |
Origin of stocious
Uncertain. The ending -ious appears to be a mock-Latinate jocular formation. Suggestions for the initial sto- or stot- include: * Arbitrary * From an unidentified Irish word ** David Crystal doubtfully suggests Irish stuagach "pitcher" or Irish stab "stoup". * Jonathon Green suggests Scots stot "totter" * Tony Thorne suggests "a dialect word meaning waterlogged or muddy" (?stodge) Green distinguishes this word from stocious, Caribbean slang for "stylish; good-looking; arrogant", a corruption of ostentatious.
Questions about stocious
- What does stocious mean?
- Stocious means very drunk, intoxicated.
- What part of speech is stocious?
- Stocious is an adjective.
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