Meanings
verbstroy (third-person singular simple present stroys, present participle stroying, simple past and past participle stroyed)
present singular third person stroys · participle present stroying · participle past stroyed · past stroyed
- obsoleteTo destroy.
Dig garden, stroy mallow, Set willow and sallow
1557 February 13 (Gregorian calendar), Thomas Tusser, A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie, London: […] Richard Tottel, →OCLC; republished London: […] Robert Triphook, […], and William Sancho, […], 1810, →OCLC1 more example
How I convey my shame out of thine eyes By looking back what I have left behind Stroy'd in dishonour
c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ix]
Origin
- Middle Englishstroyen
- Englishstroy
Inherited from Middle English stroyen, an apheretic form of destroyen (modern English destroy).
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APA
stroy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stroy
MLA
“stroy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stroy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stroy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stroy.
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