stolid
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ɪd adjective
not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
Origin:
1590–1600; < Latin stolidus inert, dull, stupid
1590–1600; < Latin stolidus inert, dull, stupid
Related forms
stol·id·ly, adverb
Synonyms
apathetic, lethargic, phlegmatic.
apathetic, lethargic, phlegmatic.
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stolid (ˈstɒlɪd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| showing little or no emotion or interest | |
| [C17: from Latin stolidus dull; compare Latin stultus stupid; see | |
| stolidity | |
| —n | |
| 'stolidness | |
| —n | |
| 'stolidly | |
| —adv | |
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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.
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