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STOCKINESS

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stock⋅y

  [stok-ee]
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–adjective, stock⋅i⋅er, stock⋅i⋅est.
1. of solid and sturdy form or build; thick-set and, usually, short.
2. having a strong, stout stem, as a plant.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME stokky. See stock, -y 1

Related forms:
stock⋅i⋅ly, adverb
stock⋅i⋅ness, noun
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stock·y   (stŏk'ē)   
adj.   stock·i·er, stock·i·est

  1. Solidly built; sturdy.

  2. Chubby; plump.

stock'i·ly adv., stock'i·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

stocky 
c.1400, "made of wood," from stock (n.1). Of plants, "of stout and sturdy growth" (not weedy) it is recorded from 1622. Of persons, "thick-set," 1676, suggestive of tree trunks, but cf. also stock in sense of "trunk of the human body" (1387).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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