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stolid, a.|ˈstɒlɪd|
[ad. L. stolidus, related to stultus foolish, f. root *stel- to stand or cause to stand still: cf. still a. Cf. F. † stolide (16–17th c. in Godef.), Sp. estólido, It. stolido.
Not in Johnson 1755 (who has stolidity), and hardly occurring before the 19th c.]
Dull and impassive; having little or no sensibility; incapable of being excited or moved. Also of actions, demeanour, expression of countenance, etc.
c1600Timon ii. iv. (1842) 31 That I..should bee caste into prison by stolidde, not by solidde, persons. 1623Cockeram i, Stolide, foolish. 1656Blount Glossogr., Stolid, fooling, fond, leud of condition, unadvised, dull, doltish. 1816Scott Old Mort. xiv, Morton recognised the stolid countenance of Cuddie Headrigg. 1831Carlyle Sart. Res. i. iv, With some half-visible wrinkle of a bitter sardonic humour, if indeed it be not mere stolid callousness. 1856Kane Arctic Expl. II. xxix. 290 With a stolid expression of wonder, he stared for a moment. 1858Doran Court Fools 29 The philosophical envoy approached the stolid Roman. 1868J. H. Blunt Ref. Ch. Eng. I. 5 The stolid opposition with which their better aspirations were met by those in authority. 1902Mrs. Lane in Fortn. Rev. June 1009 How I wish I could clap a big, stolid, conservative, frost-bitten English matron into a snug American house.
Comb.1862G. J. Whyte-Melville Queen's Maries II. 181 He was a stolid-looking fellow too. 1901C. Holland Mousmé 261 The dark consulting room with its stolid-looking oak-and-leather chairs.
Hence ˈstolidly adv., ˈstolidness.
1727Bailey vol. II. Stolidness, Foolishness. 1857Dickens Dorrit i. xxx, As often as Mr. Blandois clinked glasses..Mr. Flintwinch stolidly did his part of the clinking. 1860All Year Round No. 73. 552 There is a superb stolidness about her; a stolidness that could be wakened into savageness. 1867Parkman Jesuits N. Amer. viii. (1875) 88 Often the patient was stolidly silent. 1877E. R. Conder Basis Faith ii. 81 These simple primary atoms, stolidly inert when none but its own kind are present. 1885Law Times LXXIX. 37/2 Powers..of which vestries..have stolidly refused to avail themselves. |