stroy

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English stroyen, an apheretic form of destroyen (modern English destroy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɹɔɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Verb

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

1. (obsolete) To destroy.
   • 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]:

     How I convey my shame out of thine eyes
     By looking back what I have left behind
     Stroy'd in dishonour

   • 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, →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

Gullah

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /stɹɔi/, /skɹɔi/

Verb

stroy

1. To destroy

References

•  De Nyew Testament‎, Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc., 2025

Middle English

Verb

stroy

1. (Northern or Late Middle English) alternative form of stroyen