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stone dead

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Utterly dead.

Pronunciation

En-au-stone dead.ogg

Word forms

stone dead stone-dead

Etymology

From Middle English stone-dede, stan-ded, standed, equivalent to stone + dead. Compare English stone-cold, stonehard, etc.

Related words

dead

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