stroy

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English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /stɹɔɪ/
Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Verb

stroy (third-person singular simple present stroys, present participle stroying, simple past and past participle stroyed)

(obsolete) To destroy.
- c. 1606–1607, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :
  How I convey my shame out of thine eyes
  By looking back what I have left behind
  Stroy'd in dishonour
- 1557 February 13, Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie., London: Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: Robert Triphook, , and William Sancho, , 1810, →OCLC:
  Dig garden, stroy mallow,
  Set willow and sallow

Derived terms

stroygood

References

“stroy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

Story, ryots, story, tyros

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