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stockish | stockist |

As an adjective stockish

is (obsolete) like a stock; stupid; blockish.

As a noun stockist is

a retailer or distributor who has stocks of a certain type of item for sale.

stockish

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Like a stock; stupid; blockish.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Since naught so stockish , hard, and full of rage, / But music for the time doth change his nature.
  • *1881 , :
    • 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.
    (Webster 1913)

    stockist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A retailer or distributor who has stocks of a certain type of item for sale.
    • I need a replacement cartridge but I can't find a stockist .