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stolid
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stol·id
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ˈstɒl
ɪd
/
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stol
-id
]
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adjective
not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
Origin:
1590–1600;
<
Latin
stolidus
inert, dull, stupid
Related forms
sto·lid·i·ty
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stəˈlɪd
ɪ
ti
/
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st
uh
-
lid
-i-tee
]
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,
stol·id·ness,
noun
stol·id·ly,
adverb
Can be confused:
solid
,
stolid.
Synonyms
apathetic, lethargic, phlegmatic.
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stolid
(ˈstɒlɪd)
—
adj
showing little or no emotion or interest
[C17: from Latin
stolidus
dull; compare Latin
stultus
stupid; see
still
1
]
stolidity
—
n
'stolidness
—
n
'stolidly
—
adv
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
stolid
1563 (implied in stolidity), from M.Fr. stolide (16c.), from L. stolidus "insensible, dull, brutish," prop. "unmovable," related to stultus "foolish," from PIE base *stel- "to cause to stand, to place," from base *sta- (see
stet
).
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Example sentences
Be expresses bin customary
stolid
confidence in his success.
Stolid
modern farm buildings with red-tile roofs stood in place of the huts of
the ancient tribesmen.
He failed however, to gather any information from the butler's
stolid
vis age.
His home is average, a
stolid
two-story ranch at the edge of a wheat field with
a barn outside the door.
When this freedom became license society still looked on with
stolid
indifference.
He was no
stolid
merchant but an audacious risk-taker, and something of a rebel in early life.
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