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stolid

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stol⋅id

  [stol-id]
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–adjective
not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.
Origin:
1590–1600; < L stolidus inert, dull, stupid

Related forms:
sto⋅lid⋅i⋅ty  [stuh-lid-i-tee] , stol⋅id⋅ness, noun
stol⋅id⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
apathetic, lethargic, phlegmatic.
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stol·id   (stŏl'ĭd)   
adj.   stol·id·er, stol·id·est
Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; impassive: "the incredibly massive and stolid bureaucracy of the Soviet system" (John Kenneth Galbraith).

[Latin stolidus, stupid; see stel- in Indo-European roots.]
sto·lid'i·ty (stŏ-lĭd'ĭ-tē, stə-), stol'id·ness (stŏl'ĭd-nĭs) n., stol'id·ly 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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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