"stone dead" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-stone dead.ogg
Etymology: From Middle English stone-dede, stan-ded, standed, equivalent to stone + dead. Compare English stone-cold, stonehard, etc. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|stone-dede}} Middle English stone-dede, {{af|en|stone|dead}} stone + dead, {{noncog|en|stone-cold}} English stone-cold Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} stone dead
  1. (idiomatic) Utterly dead. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: stone-dead Related terms: dead Translations (unquestionably dead): morsdood (Afrikaans), stendød (Danish), morsdood (Dutch), raide mort (French), mausetot (German), steindauður [masculine] (Icelandic), chomh marbh le hart (Irish), steindød (Norwegian Bokmål), мертвее мёртвого (mertveje mjórtvovo) (Russian), stendöd (Swedish)

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