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stolidity|stəˈlɪdɪtɪ|
[ad. L. stoliditāt-em, f. stolid-us stolid a. Cf. F. † stolidité (15–17th c. in Godef.), It. stolidità.]
The attribute of being stolid; dull impassiveness; incapacity for feeling.
1563–83Foxe A. & M. 1598/1 In which wordes note (good reader) not only the absurditie of doctrine, but also the stolidity of the reason. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 629 Aristophanes reprouing the stolidity of the Athenians, calleth them sheepe. a1661Fuller Worthies, Notts. (1662) 316 Men in all Ages have made themselves merry with singling out some place, and fixing the staple of stupidity and stolidity therein. 1691Hartcliffe Virtues 277 A principal defect of the Mind, which may be called Stolidity, or the Extremity of Dulness. 1826Disraeli Viv. Grey v. iii, The look of complacent and pompous stolidity. 1849Miss Mulock Ogilvies xix, Leigh's countenance relapsed into its customary stolidity. 1869H. F. Tozer Highl. Turkey II. 221 We received the announcement with the stolidity of true Britons. 1910Q. Rev. Apr. 567 His aim is to cultivate ‘a good healthy stolidity’. |