stolid

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin stolidus (“‘foolish, obtuse, slow’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈstɒl.ɪd/
• (US) IPA: /ˈstɑ.lɪd/

[edit] Adjective

stolid (comparative stolider, superlative stolidest)

1. Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility.

[edit] Quotations

• 1898, H.G. Wells, The Time Machine, Chapter V ,

  They (Eloi) all failed to understand my gestures; some were simply stolid, some thought it was a jest and laughed at me.

• 1950, Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451,

  With his symbolic helmet numbered 451 on his stolid head, and his eyes all orange flame with the thought of what came next, he flicked the igniter and the house jumped up in a gorging fire that burned the evening sky red and yellow and black.

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