| Front | stolid \STAH-lid\ |
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| Back | adjective Having or expressing little or no sensibility: unemotional. ["Stolid" derives from "stolidus," a word that means "dull" or "stupid" in Latin. It is also distantly related to the word "stultify," meaning "to cause to appear or be stupid, foolish, or absurdly illogical." The earliest examples of usage for "stolid," dating back to the 17th century, indicate that it too was originally associated with a lack of smarts; it was used to describe people who were considered dull or stupid because they didn't wear their emotions on their sleeves. By the1800s, however, "stolid" was frequently appearing without the connotation of foolishness, and it continues to be free of such overtones today.] “But it would be very hard to confuse her for Marie Arnet’s lissom Susanna, even in the dark. There is almost as little sexual chemistry between Jonathan Lemalu’s stolid, character-less Figaro and Arnet’s more charming Susanna.” - Anthony Holden; A Marriage Made in Hell; The Observer (London, UK); Nov 5, 2006. |
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