astoop

English

Etymology

From a- +‎ stoop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈstuːp/
• Rhymes: -uːp

Adverb

astoop (comparative more astoop, superlative most astoop)

1. In a stooping or inclined position.
   • 1720, John Gay, “An Answer to the Sompner's Prologue of Chaucer”, in Poems on Several Occasions:

     my darling wine astoop

References

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