stoshious

stocious

adj

British

a.

drunk

b.

silent, tight-lipped, discreet

This mysterious word can be traced to the 19th century and was thought by some au-thorities to be extinct by the 1930s. It sur-vives, however, in jocular usage. The term is either a mock-Latinate invention or a corruption of a dialect word for water-logged or muddy.