stotius

English

Adjective

stotius (comparative more stotius, superlative most stotius)

  1. Alternative spelling of stocious.
    • 1972, George MacDonald Fraser, “Play Up, Play Up, and Get Tore In”, in The General Danced at Dawn‎[1], page 61:
      'Well,' said the redcap, 'he wasn't what you'd call incapably stinking, just happy. It was the sailor who was paralytic. He still is. So...'
      'Thank you,' I said. 'Look, McAuslan, you're a lucky man. You shouldn't go about getting little sailors stotius...'
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:stocious.
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