- stolidity
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New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
stolidity
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Stolidity — Sto*lid i*ty, n. [L. stoliditas.] The state or quality of being stolid; dullness of intellect; obtuseness; stupidity. [1913 Webster] Indocile, intractable fools, whose stolidity can baffle all arguments, and be proof against demonstration itself … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stolidity — index opacity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
stolidity — impassivity, phlegm, apathy, stoicism (see under IMPASSIVE) Contrasted words: quickness, promptness, readiness, aptness (see corresponding adjectives at QUICK): animation, enlivening, quickening (see corresponding verbs at QUICKEN): *passion,… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
stolidity — stolid ► ADJECTIVE ▪ calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation. DERIVATIVES stolidity noun stolidly adverb. ORIGIN Latin stolidus, perhaps related to stultus foolish … English terms dictionary
stolidity — See stolid. * * * … Universalium
stolidity — noun The property of being stolid; unemotionality … Wiktionary
stolidity — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Lack of emotion or interest: apathy, disinterest, impassivity, incuriosity, mcuriousness, indifference, insensibility, insensibleness, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, phlegm, stolidness, unconcern, uninterest,… … English dictionary for students
stolidity — sto·lid·i·ty || stÉ‘ lɪdÉ™tɪ / stÉ’ n. quality of being unemotional, impassiveness; dullness, stupidity … English contemporary dictionary
stolidity — n. Stupidity, dulness, foolishness, doltishness, obtuseness, stolidness … New dictionary of synonyms
stolidity — sto·lid·i·ty … English syllables
